Content creator Jimmy Donaldson, known on the Internet as MrBeast, has made it clear he is interested in buying TikTok. Donaldson has the most subscribers of any user on YouTube— over 340 million—and boasts over 113 million TikTok followers.

As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.

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.

Buying TikTok would further solidify Musk's position as one of the most powerful men in the U.S. and the world.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.

After stepping in to restore TikTok in the U.S. and delaying a law that would effectively ban the app, Trump is looking for avenues to keep the popular platform afloat. Experts say there are a number of parties expected to show interest,

Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

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

Laura Smith, vice chair of the Towamencin Township Board of Supervisors, resigned Sunday after she posted the video on TikTok.

Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz says that the federal law that could ban TikTok by Sunday also “allows for an extension as long as a viable deal is on the table.”

The latest candidate to become the potential U.S. face of TikTok: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. A ban on TikTok in the United States could go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, if Beijing-based ...

A county official in Pennsylvania has resigned after posting a video to TikTok emulating Elon Musk's salute from Trump's inaugural event.