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Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is apparently eyeing TikTok.

The former executive expressed interest in buying the app to the founder of TikTok’s parent company, according to The Wall Street Journal. China-based ByteDance could be forced to sell TikTok or else lose access to the US market should Congress pass a new bipartisan bill.

Kotick is looking for allies, tossing out the idea to a group including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, per the Journal.

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