The YouTube sensation has proposed buying TikTok as a unique solution to stop the social platform from being banned in the U.S.

As a result, President Joe Biden signed a law last year which demanded that ByteDance sell, or TikTok would be shut down in the US. The deadline to sell falls on 19 January - just one day before Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the new president.

It comes after Congress passed a law in April 2024 signed by President Joe Biden which gave ByteDance nine months to find a US-approved buyer. Congress described TikTok as “a national-security threat of immense depth and scale” amid concerns Amrican citizens’ data is being passed over to China.

MrBeast suggests the possibility of buying TikTok to save being banned in the US, and a number of billionaires have contacted him about it.

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.

MrBeast is in talks to become the minority owner of TikTok amid the impending U.S. Ban on January 19th.

MrBeast jokingly offers to buy TikTok, sparking conversations amidst looming US ban over national security concerns.

MrBeast's pledge to buy TikTok sparked billionaire interest as the app faces a Jan. 19 U.S. ban deadline over ByteDance ownership.

If TikTok shuts down for all US users, the impact would differ from the legal requirements. The law stipulates banning only new downloads of TikTok from Apple or Google app stores, allowing existing users to continue accessing the app temporarily, according to Reuters.