TikTok could soon be banned. Here's what that means and why local creators are concerned

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TikTok could soon be banned. Here's what that means and why local creators are concerned
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PLAINFIELD — TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps. Its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has a month to sell to an American company or the app will be banned in the U.S.Sophia Wyrick and her uncle, Andrew Thoman, have been on TikTok since 2020. Their account, Alex and Andy Pet Bandanas, turned into their full-time job. They sell t-shirts and dog bandannas and 95% of their sales come from the TikTok shop.

As of right now, TikTok will no longer be available in the app store after that date. Experts say the ban will be gradual.'People's experiences on the app would degrade because they wouldn't be able to update the application to the newest version of it,” Sarah Bauerle Danzman, an associate professor of the International Studies Department at Indiana University, said. “Then over time, the app would become increasingly unstable.

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