With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple, who are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days.
Citing national security, the Supreme Court rules that TikTok can be banned if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell the app by Sunday.
TikTok has fought the ban, most recently before the Supreme Court. Free-speech advocates contend that the ban would violate First Amendment rights. But the justices sided with the government on January 17,
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If you want to keep using TikTok after the ban in the U.S., you will have to invest in a VPN or watch the content on a VPN-enabled browser.
In April, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that requires TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a U.S. company or shut down operations in the United States by Sunday — arguing that the app poses a risk to national security.
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Cory Wilkins, who’s gained a large following for his Charlotte food account @thadailyspecial, agrees that TikTok “has the best discoverability” — especially for content that is often very localized to where you are. But with the ban, he also thinks creators and consumers will pivot to TikTok’s biggest competitors for their social media fix.