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YouTube star and highest-earning internet creator MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has officially joined a bid to purchase TikTok’s US operations. This move comes amid ongoing tensions between the Chinese-owned social media app and the United States. The bid is led by tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley and involves a group of American investors. Donaldson is the most publicly recognized member of this consortium. The proposal arrives as TikTok faces a 75-day deadline to secure a non-China-based owner or risk being permanently banned in the US, following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to uphold a federal law mandating such a sale. The law firm Paul Hastings represents the consortium in the bid. The US President, Donald Trump, has expressed openness to the idea of US tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok. MrBeast’s involvement adds significant public interest to the bid, given his massive following of 346 million subscribers on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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