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.

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.

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.

After revealing interest to buy TikTok, MrBeast says he has an offer to present to the company after meeting with a group of billionaires.

Reports suggest Chinese officials are considering selling part of TikTok to Elon Musk to keep the platform operational in the U.S.

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.”

He is one of the world's leading content creators. MrBeast is known for his crazy videos and also for his great gestures of generosity with people of all kinds. However, he is also

MrBeast shared a video on TikTok pleading with the company to let him save the application for millions of its users in the US.

In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok over First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.

The Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban on Friday. Here's what the ruling spells out for the popular app, including what upheld means.