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MrBeast Joins Billionaires in Last-Minute Bid to Buy TikTok

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MrBeast , real name Jimmy Donaldson , posted to TikTok on Wednesday pleading with the company to let him save the app.

American billionaires across the country are trying to make a deal with the app’s parent company, ByteDance .

The app is expected to immediately shut down on Sunday, Jan. 19 , when the federal ban is set to go into effect.