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Musk, MrBeast or Larry Ellison – who could buy TikTok?

Musk, MrBeast or Larry Ellison – who could buy TikTok?

Jimmy Donaldson – known as MrBeast – looked cheerful as he told his tens of millions of followers about his offer to buy TikTok.

"I could be your new CEO! I'm so excited," Donaldson said from a private plane.

He then proceeded to promise $10,000 to five random new followers.


MrBeast's post has been viewed more than 73 million times since Monday.

Donaldson said he couldn't share details about his offer, but promised: "Just know, it's going to be crazy."

It is learned that Donaldson is one of the many suitors who have expressed interest in buying TikTok, the extremely popular platform that has become the subject of a political drama in the United States.

Last year, then-President Joe Biden signed a law that gave TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, until January 19 to sell the platform or face a ban in the US.

The legislation addressed concerns about TikTok's ties to the Chinese government and concerns that the app is a national security risk, writes with the BBC, the Telegraph reports.

Now, new President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of a joint venture.

"I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position," he said in a post on Truth Social.

"By doing this, we preserve TikTok and keep it in safe hands," Trump added.

Since then, the president has signed an executive order allowing the app to remain operational for another 75 days.

Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that China was considering a sale of TikTok to Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a close ally of President Trump, who already owns the X platform.

Musk himself wrote on X this week that while he has long been against a ban on TikTok, "the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced. Something needs to change."

At a press conference on Tuesday, Trump was asked by a reporter if he would be open to Musk buying the platform.

"I would be if he wanted to buy it, yes," the president replied.

"I wish Larry would buy it too," Trump added, referring to Oracle chairman Larry Ellison, a longtime Trump supporter.

Oracle is reportedly one of TikTok's main server providers, managing many of the data centers where the platform's billions of videos are stored.

Last year, Oracle warned that a ban on TikTok could hurt its business.

The giant was also a leading contender to buy the platform in 2020, when Trump was trying to stop it.

Billionaire investor Frank McCourt has also expressed interest in TikTok and has been giving media interviews about the prospect for several months.

McCourt has said he wants TikTok to run on technology overseen by the Project Liberty Institute, which he founded.

He has been critical of the data collection practices of social media companies.

Ultimately, Trump will likely have a big role in choosing an American buyer for TikTok.

"It will be a winner who is likely to be politically sympathetic to President Donald Trump," said Anupam Chander, a law professor at Georgetown University.

According to Chander, the 50-50 joint ownership model does not comply with the requirements of the law, which could prompt Trump to pressure Congress for review.

For now, the future of the platform remains unclear. /Telegraph/

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