"Okay fine, I'll buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned," MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, posted.
YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.
It went dark on Saturday night as a nationwide ban was looming but was back online about 12 hours later, after President Donald Trump announced he would sign an executive order to delay the ban by 75 days. The proposal would not disrupt TikTok's operations and would ensure continuity for its 170 million American users, according to the investor group.
Last week, after the Supreme Court unanimously agreed to uphold a federal law banning TikTok unless ByteDance, its parent company, sells the platform to a non-China-based company. While the executive order, which was signed Monday evening, delays the enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days, it does not provide a permanent solution.
The People's Bid is backed by investments from Guggenheim Securities as well as world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, center, and Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, right, attend the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
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