James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

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 part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.

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.

TikTok is to be banned in the US from Sunday if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company, the Supreme Court has ruled. However, President Joe Biden has said he will not enforce the ban for the few remaining hours he is in office, leaving it up to his successor Donald Trump to decide what to do when he enters the White House on Monday.

The Supreme Court has decided to uphold the law that will ban TikTok on Jan. 19 if its parent company ByteDance continues to refuse to sell the app before then.

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

YouTube creator James "Jimmy" Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, posted to X (formerly ... "saving" the platform himself, asking the Supreme Court of the U.S. to pause the ban.

MrEarth is back at it again! This time, it's the ongoing race to send a human (or, in this case, ball) to Mars! But we'll soon learn, reaching Mars is a WHOLE lot more complicated than we anticipated.

(NEXSTAR) – The Supreme Court Friday decided to uphold a law that bans TikTok starting on Sunday, unless the social media app is sold off by its Chinese parent company.

The president-elect and Joe Biden are reportedly exploring legal avenues for keeping the app accessible. Meanwhile, a growing list of entrepreneurs are said to be weighing a buyout.