ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

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,

Vine allowed people to share six-second video clips, and the quickfire humour it created resulted in ideal conditions for fast-growing internet fame. Fans have been hoping the app

Multiple celebrities have criticized Musk for his political involvement as well as the changes he's made to X since purchasing it.

The allegations amount to a sort of stolen valor for video games and center on some recent livestreams in which Musk played Path of Exile 2, a popular online role-playing game in which players select from a number of characters to end corruption spreading through the fictional world of Wraeclast.