MrBeast hints he'd buy TikTok. Who else could purchase the social media app?
Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.
These Billionaires, Companies And Investors—Elon Musk, Kevin O’Leary And More—Could Buy TikTok As Ban Starts
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.
From Elon Musk, MrBeast to Netflix: Check out potential buyers for TikTok amid US ban threat
As TikTok faces a potential ban, various bidders, including Elon Musk and Larry Ellison, are key contenders to buy the platform. Meanwhile, Netflix remains a possible option among streaming giants, though the company has not historically pursued major acquisitions.

TikTok, ByteDance and Ford

ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale
ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S.
TikTok Weighs Non-Sale Options, ByteDance’s Ford Says
ByteDance is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.
Looming TikTok ban poses financial nightmare for Google, Apple — and other American tech firms with ties to China’s ByteDance
A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.
🔒 75 Days to sell TikTok US – Musk, Ellison, Meta in the race
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has 75 days to sell its US operations or face a ban. Potential buyers include Elon Musk and Larry Ellison.
Looming TikTok ban could have consequences far beyond just the video app
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.
‘I’ve found they’ve been doing this’: Woman returns this item to Amazon. Then she looks at her balance 3 months later
“A few months ago I returned some stuff to Amazon, they refunded my money, everything was great. Fast forward three months, and all of a sudden, the money is getting taken out of my bank account again. They said that I didn’t send back the actual item that I sent something else back, which wasn’t true,” Azzolini explains.
Tech war: China's TikTok sellers eye Amazon and Shein as US ban looms
Chinese merchants on TikTok are taking precautionary measures to prepare for a looming ban of the short-video app in the United States, including switching to competing platforms and focusing on other overseas markets.
TikTok, Trump and What Crony Capitalism Does to Our Economy
An early payoff has already been scored by TikTok, the video-sharing app that spent months currying favor with the then-candidate Trump in hopes that if he won the election, he would help it survive a threatened shutdown.
TikTok realized the advantage of bowing to autocrats. The tech barons at Trump’s inauguration are following suit
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
NC’s MrBeast says he wants to buy TikTok after meeting with a ‘bunch of billionaires’
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.