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.

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

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

Famed YouTuber James Stephen Donaldson, known as Mr Beast, surprised fans with a bold statement on his X account, suggesting he would buy TikTok to prevent its ban.

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.

This comes as the US is set to ban TikTok this Sunday, January 19th. The ban, which prohibits new downloads and US companies from providing services to the app, has been a long ti

This time with his claim that he's ready to buy TikTok. With the U.S. ban on the popular social media platform set to take effect on January 19, Donaldson took to X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week to share his bold idea.