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MrBeast is officially bidding for TikTok​



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.

“Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned,” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, posted on X on January 13th. But while his tone was joking, Donaldson – the single most popular YouTuber and the third-most popular TikToker – was serious, his lawyer told CNN Tuesday.

The bid from Donaldson and a group of investors is just the latest twist in what’s been an extraordinary few days for TikTok.

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.

Two days after his post on 𝕏, Donaldson posted a video on TikTok, where he announced his intention to buy the social media platform.

“I just got out of a meeting with a bunch of billionaires., TikTok we mean business,” Mr. Beast said in the video. “This is my lawyer right here, we have an offer ready for you, we want to buy the platform.”

The bid comes in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal law banning TikTok unless it is sold to a non-China-based company, a spokesperson for the Paul Hastings law firm, which represents the consortium in the bid, told CNN in a statement.



 
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