When TikTok Disappears for Good: What’s Next for Millions of Creators?”

Anthony Carranza
3 min readSep 19, 2024
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As the TikTok ban looms, the future remains uncertain for one of the most popular social media companies. Earlier in the year, the TikTok ban was finally signed into law leading up to an unprecedented court showdown. with a large social media platform.

In a NPR analysis, the summary can be boiled down to a showdown between U.S. and China. In other words, the battle is between digital free speech and national security concerns. However, can TikTok convince the courts to overturn the law or create a legal precedent by having the ban detached from the legislation is impossible to know.

The consequences are unknown at the present time if TikTok were to be sold or banned. Right now, it is the most widely used in the U.S. and there is a large presence of small businesses on the platform that depend on it. In addition, TikTok has paid and rewarded users far between than their American social media apps.

Damian Rollison, the director of market insights at SOCi, added his insights about what this potential ban could…

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