The future of the popular mobile app, used by 150 million Americans, has never been more uncertain. Here's what to know.
, and lawmakers seem closer than ever to the unprecedented act of blocking the app altogether.
"Everyone who's installed it would still have it. But my guess is that for everyone who has it on their phone, it would stop working in various ways," said Kentaro Toyama, a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information. To be sure, users would still be able to get around the bans to view TikTok content and download it from other sources by using virtual private networks that mask the location of a device. But for most users"who are not technically savvy, [a ban] would essentially eliminate TikTok," Chin said.One option the U.S. government may be encouraging is for TikTok to spin off from its Beijing parent so it can be acquired by a U.S. company.
, on national security grounds. In 2020, CFIUS also pressured the Chinese owner of Grindr to sell the dating app to a U.S.-based company. The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other civil liberties groups strongly oppose the bill banning TikTok.
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