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.

MrBeast is putting his name in the hat of billionaires fighting to buy TikTok before it’s U.S. death day. Just two days after he tweeted that he would buy the Chinese-owned company, the content-creator said that he had a meeting with billionaires looking to cut a check for platform.

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.

In his follow-up tweet, MrBeast mentioned that he would see if he could make the deal happen. The tweets have been met with a mix of amusement and hope, with many fans rooting for MrBeast to strike a deal and prevent the ban from happening.

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

After revealing interest to buy TikTok, MrBeast says he has an offer to present to the company after meeting with a group of billionaires.

TikTok is about to be banned in the United States after the government set new rules for the app's operation in the country, measures that the Chinese company ByteDance did not comply with. O post MrBeast offers to buy TikTok to prevent the app’s ban in the US apareceu primeiro em TechBreak.