Elon Musk has indicated that he’s open to resurrecting the defunct video platform, Vine, after a ban shut down TikTok over the weekend to millions of users in the U.S. Musk, who owns social media rival X,

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.

Could Elon Musk save TikTok in the US? China weighs option to sell the controversial TikTok social media app's US operations ahead of looming ban

Chinese officials reportedly want ByteDance Ltd. to remain the owners of TikTok but is in discussion on how to work with the Trump Administration.

TikTok dismissed reports that China is considering selling the social media platform to Elon Musk. U.S. law stipulates that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, must sell the app to a U.S. company by Jan. 19 or face a ban due to national security concerns.

Amid the TikTok ban drama, Elon Musk has teased the possibility of bringing back Vine, the app where short-form content creation found a new direction. The owner of X (formerly Twitter) hinted at “looking into” the possibility of reviving the app.

In a recent post on X, Elon Musk voiced concerns over the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and China regarding social media platforms, specifically TikTok and X (formerly Twitter). Musk, who owns X,