TikTok will be banned in the US on January 19, unless the Supreme Court accepts a last-ditch legal bid from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to do so would be unconstitutional.
The most likely way the US would ban TikTok is to order app stores, such as the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store, to make it unavailable for download in the US region. This would mean people could no longer use a legitimate means to access TikTok, though those who’ve already got it on their phones could still use it. However, new updates would no longer be delivered to US users, making the app unusable.
Not to mention, many updates are provided to fix security holes in apps, and if TikTok stopped getting updates, it would present hackers with millions of devices to target.
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