The Shark Tank prima has teamed up with different entrepreneurs—including erstwhile Los Angeles Dodgers proprietor Frank McCourt—to pb a bid successful purchasing the societal media level from its Beijing-based genitor institution ByteDance, which has been required by U.S. officials to merchantability its assets to an American purchaser oregon look a nationwide ban.
However, O'Leary believes helium needs assistance from President-elect Donald Trump to decorativeness the job.
"Trump volition beryllium who we person to enactment with to adjacent the woody successful the months ahead," helium said during a Jan. 6 quality connected Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum, per The Wrap. "So, I wanted to fto him know—as good arsenic others successful his cabinet—that we're doing this, and we're going to request their help."
As to wherefore O'Leary wants to acquisition TikTok?
"This isn't conscionable astir buying TikTok's U.S. assets," helium wrote successful a Jan. 6 message connected X, formerly Twitter. "It’s astir thing overmuch bigger: protecting the privateness of 170 cardinal American users."
In the past, O'Leary said TikTok is worthy "worth billions" arsenic 1 of the "most palmy advertizing platforms successful societal media today."
"What I'm proposing is purchasing these assets into a caller American company," helium told Fox & Friends successful March 2024. "I'll warrant it becomes harmless for the users, the parents, tiny concern and ample business."
Indeed, there's a batch of wealth to beryllium made connected TikTok. Keep speechmaking to find retired however overmuch wealth influencers connected the app—as good arsenic different societal media platforms—earn.
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In the past, O'Leary said TikTok is worthy "worth billions" arsenic 1 of the "most palmy advertizing platforms successful societal media today."
"What I'm proposing is purchasing these assets into a caller American company," helium told Fox & Friends successful March 2024. "I'll warrant it becomes harmless for the users, the parents, tiny concern and ample business."
Indeed, there's a batch of wealth to beryllium made connected TikTok. Keep speechmaking to find retired however overmuch wealth influencers connected the app—as good arsenic different societal media platforms—earn.