TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data As TikTok's future remains uncertain, a number of prominent moguls and companies are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app.

(Reuters) -Marketing platform AppLovin said on Thursday it has submitted a bid for TikTok assets outside of China, ahead of the April 5 deadline set by the U.S. President Donald Trump to find a non-Chinese buyer for the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

A recent report from The Information reveals that Trump has a plan for TikTok, which is to form a new "TikTok America" company.

President Donald Trump said over the weekend there are lots of potential buyers and said he'd like to keep the app alive. The administration has set an April 5 deadline for the app to be banned if it is not sold by it's Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance.

La empresa propietaria de TikTok, ByteDance Ltd., podría ser multada en más de €500 millones (US$553 millones) por enviar ilegalmente a China datos de usuarios europeos.

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The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal — letting TikTok’s Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. — would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trump’s party.

Although Zhang has handed over corporate roles to Liang Rubo, he is widely seen as the real decision maker at the tech giant.