The platform is in need of saving in the United States, where approximately 170 million people have TikTok accounts. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that will ban the platform on Jan. 19 unless TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance divests its U.S. operations.
The high-profile names who could potentially buy TikTok following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law banning the platform in the US.
MrBeast is part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.
TikTok’s time will expire on Jan. 19 if no buyer is found or the Supreme Court rules in the app’s favor. Here’s what to know.
After revealing interest to buy TikTok, MrBeast says he has an offer to present to the company after meeting with a group of billionaires.
The YouTube sensation has proposed buying TikTok as a unique solution to stop the social platform from being banned in the U.S.
Reports suggest Chinese officials are considering selling part of TikTok to Elon Musk to keep the platform operational in the U.S.
MrBeast is putting his name in the hat of billionaires fighting to buy TikTok before it’s U.S. death day. Just two days after he tweeted that he would buy the Chinese-owned company, the content-creator said that he had a meeting with billionaires looking to cut a check for platform.
MrBeast is serious about buying TikTok. With the TikTok ban coming up soon, the ultra-popular YouTuber aka Jimmy Donaldson, took to X earlier this week to post, “Okay, fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned.”
MrBeast took to social media to share that he had been approached by a number of billionaires who are eager to assist him in making the purchase
Several parties have expressed interest in buying the platform, but ByteDance has repeatedly said it does not plan to sell.