TikTok reportedly plans to turn off its app for US users if a proposed ban goes into effect on Sunday, but that could change if the Supreme Court decides to block or postpone the move.<\/p>\n
Reuters<\/em> reported users that attempt to open the app on 19 January will receive a message that directs them to a website that provides information about the ban.<\/p>\n The news agency also noted TikTok aims to give users the ability to download all their data to create records of their personal information.<\/p>\n In April 2024<\/a>, US President Joe Biden signed legislation that required China-based ByteDance to sell-off its US TikTok assets due to it being a national security risk. In December 2024, an appeals court upheld the potential ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n Under the proposed ban, the TikTok app would no longer be available for downloading on Google and Apple app stores. Current users can still access the service, but will no longer be able to download updates, which will likely lead to the app degrading over time.<\/p>\n TikTok lawyers and content creators maintain the impending ban violates the 170 million users\u2019 free speech rights.<\/p>\n The US Supreme Court seemed to favour upholding the ban in a hearing on 10 January,<\/a> but the nine judges have yet to issue a preliminary decision.<\/p>\n President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to hold-off on the hearing until he is sworn into office on 20 January.<\/p>\n TikTok replacements<\/strong> ByteDance-owned Lemon8 allows users to post pictures and short-form videos, according to AP<\/em>, but the same ban that covers TikTok could also apply even though it is not named in the statute.<\/p>\n Meta Platforms launched short video platform Reels across Facebook and Instagram in 2020. According to data from Meta Platforms reported by Datareportal, the number of users that can be reached with ads on Instagram Reels is around 726.8 million.<\/p>\n YouTube, owned by Google, Snapchat, Twitch and Clapper are listed as social media apps that could benefit from the TikTok ban, according to the news site.<\/p>\n The post TikTok prepares shut down if ban goes through<\/a> appeared first on Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TikTok reportedly plans to turn off its app for US users if a proposed ban goes into effect on Sunday, but that could change if the Supreme Court decides to block or postpone the move.<\/p>\n The post TikTok prepares shut down if ban goes through<\/a> appeared first on Mobile World 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The Associated Press (AP)<\/em> reported many US TikTok users are migrating to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu. Xiaohongshu, which in English means \u201cLittle Red Book\u201d and is known as RedNote, combines e-commerce and short-form videos. It\u2019s currently the top-ranked free social media app on Apple\u2019s US app store.<\/p>\n