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UNLESS THE SUPREME COURT GIVES TIKTOK A LATE HAIL MARY –

THE APP PLANS TO SHUT DOWN FOR U.S. USERS ON **SUNDAY.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO TIKTOK INSIDERS WHO FIRST SPOKE WITH THE PUBLICATION “THE INFORMATION.”

THE LONG AWAITED MUCH ANTICIPATED TIKTOK BAN IN THE U.S. IS JUST A MATTER OF DAYS AWAY.

AND NOW WE’RE GETTING INSIGHT INTO WHAT THAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR USERS.

WHILE THE U.S. LAW BANNING TIKTOK WOULD PROHIBIT **NEW DOWNLOADS OF THE APP – 

IT WOULD STILL ALLOW EXISTING USERS TO USE IT FOR SOME TIME.

HOWEVER TIKTOK SAYS – UNDER ITS PLAN – ACCESS WILL BE DISABLED – AND PEOPLE WHO OPEN THE APP WILL GET A POP-UP MESSAGE DIRECTING THEM TO A WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE BAN. 

IT WILL INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR USERS TO DOWNLOAD THEIR DATA.

IF THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT AND THEN IS LATER LIFTED –

THEN TIKTOK SOURCES SAY THEY’LL BE ABLE TO BRING THE APP BACK ONLINE PRETTY QUICKLY.

TIKTOK HAS ALSO REASSURED ITS U.S. EMPLOYEES THAT – EVEN IF THE APP SHUTS DOWN – THEIR JOBS WILL BE SAFE.

IN AN INTERNAL MEMO FIRST OBTAINED BY “THE VERGE” –  

THE COMPANY CONFIRMED “employment, pay, and benefits are secure, and our offices will remain open, even if this situation hasn’t been resolved before the January 19 deadline.”

THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO A LAW SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST YEAR, WHICH GIVES TIKTOK’S PARENT COMPANY, BYTEDANCE, UNTIL JANUARY 19TH TO SELL ITS U.S. ASSETS— OR FACE A NATIONWIDE BAN – OUT OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS. 

ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT’S ORAL ARGUMENTS OVER THE TIKTOK CASE LAST WEEK – SOME SUGGEST IT SEEMS LIKELY THE COURT WILL **UPHOLD THE BAN – DESPITE PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR A DELAY. 

THE APP HAS 170 MILLION USERS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE APP IS PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY BANNED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION.

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