Although there were previouslyrumorByteDance is considering selling TikTok to Elon Musk to keep it in the United States. However, after TikTok clarified this, the time is getting closer to the effective date of the January 1th order that TikTok will be banned from reselling to US companies.Obtaining information, TikTok may choose to shut down its services in the United States on the evening of January 1, and allow users to download and save their own uploaded content.
At that time, when users in the United States open the TikTok service through the web or app, they may only see a message directing them to the legal explanation that caused TikTok to be banned in the United States. Users can choose to download and keep their own uploaded content, but to use the TikTok service, they can only try to connect to the version provided by other countries and regions.
It is expected that by then the TikTok App will no longer be available for download from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in the United States, and the versions that have already been downloaded and installed will not be able to receive subsequent updates. At the same time, Oracle, which helps TikTok host related uploaded data, will also terminate related network services, which is expected to completely shut down TikTok services in the United States.
However, TikTok's office in the United States will not be closed, and relevant staff will continue to operate as usual, but it is expected that there may be some adjustments to the business they are responsible for. For example, the original content cooperation with some Internet celebrities may continue, but the content exposure area may shift to outside the United States.
TikTok currently has about 1.7 million users in the United States. As TikTok is about to be banned in the United States, many people have begun to turn to another equally popular Chinese app, REDnote, and expressed their dissatisfaction through #tiktokrefugee.
