If Trump signs an executive order overturning the TikTok ban, it would give the app “more leeway” to find a buyer as it works its way through the courts, one legal expert tells TheWrap The post TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?
TikTok is now officially off limits for its US devotees, after a statewide ban came into force two hours ahead of schedule that outlawed the video sharing app
A third of U.S. adults say they use TikTok, including 59% of adults under 30 who use the app. And about half of U.S. adult TikTok users (52%) say they regularly get news there; that works out to 17% of all U.
TikTok on Friday said that it would turn off more than 170 million Americans’ access to the super popular video app on Sunday, unless President Joe Biden’s administration acts urgently to assure the company it will not be punished for violating the terms of its looming ban.
Many Austin-based influencers make the majority of their income from TikTok. Read about eight who wonder what happens next if the app is banned.
TikTok has gone dark in the U.S. following a federal ban, leaving 170 million users without access. The app, removed from Apple and Google stores, cited legal restrictions but hinted at a possible solution under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
The Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok, requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to American owners or shut it down by Sunday.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the
Two content creators on the peninsula have used the app to grow community pride. They plan to pivot if TikTok is banned.
President-elect Donald Trump announced his Jan. 20 inauguration will be moved indoors as Washington braces for what are expected to be frigid temperatures. The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 17 upheld a federal law that would require social media giant TikTok to shut down in the U.