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.
Reports suggest Chinese officials are considering selling part of TikTok to Elon Musk to keep the platform operational in the U.S.
In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok over First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.
MrBeast shared a video on TikTok pleading with the company to let him save the application for millions of its users in the US.
MrBeast suggests the possibility of buying TikTok to save being banned in the US, and a number of billionaires have contacted him about it.
Several parties have expressed interest in buying the platform, but ByteDance has repeatedly said it does not plan to sell.
Influencer Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, says he has an 'offer ready to save the platform' Jimmy Donaldson has compiled quite the resume since he began making videos as a teenager in his Greenville,
After revealing interest to buy TikTok, MrBeast says he has an offer to present to the company after meeting with a group of billionaires.
MrBeast has joined the list of people who are open to buying TikTok and the YouTuber says he’s working with billionaires to save the app.