As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, must find a buyer for the app or face a ban in the United States. Elon Musk said he has no plans to make a bid.

After years of rejecting the idea of a sale of TikTok’s US assets to an American buyer in order to avert a ban, China and ByteDance may have found an owner they could live with: Elon Musk.

Billionaire Elon Musk said that he was not interested in purchasing TikTok, the popular short-video app that the United States has been trying to ban over national security concerns with its ...

Elon Musk has no interest in purchasing TikTok’s American business from Chinese company ByteDance according to new public comments. In a recently released video interview at the WELT Economic ...

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk may see his empire grow further, judging by new reports. Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal have reported that officials in China have talked about ...

Elon Musk is not interested in buying video-sharing platform TikTok, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said during a virtual meeting at the WELT Economic Summit on January 28.

Elon Musk buying TikTok seems like a stretch — but we're in a weird time, so here's why it could make sense. By Peter Kafka Chief Correspondent covering media and technology.

Elon Musk swooping in to buy TikTok before a US ban is set to bite? It seems like a stretch, but it could also make some sense, Peter Kafka writes.

With TikTok's days in the U.S. numbered, the Chinese government is discussing options to keep it in America that include a potential deal with Elon Musk, according to media reports.. Chinese ...

Multiple reports say Elon Musk is playing a role in trying to save TikTok through a sale of the app before the January 19th ban deadline, but China may still stand in the way.

Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly ... Elon Musk, TikTok and the social media ownership problem. November 16, 2023. 8 min. Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly Twitter, casually replies to fringe-right ...