TikTok creators are preparing for the potential shutdown of the app in the U.S. this month unless a sale to a non-Chinese company is finalized.
TikTok will be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it's sold to a non-Chinese company. TikTok creators are preparing for the app to potentially be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it's sold to a non-Chinese company.As a TikTok shutdown looms, many creators are preparing for life without the popular social media app that serves as news, entertainment and for some: income. TikTok will be banned in the U.S. this month unless its owner, ByteDance, is sold to a company outside of China.
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block the law from going into effect — and NPR's Bobby Allyn hasthat'for all the TikTokers out there who use the app every day, I think it's fair to say it's unlikely it will be disappearing anytime soon.'But creators on the app are saying their goodbyes and planning for the app as they know it to go away in a matter of weeks.Cora Lakey quit her six-figure job in talent acquisition and project management in October — because she was able to make a living on TikTok. 'I was, I would say, equaling my corporate salary for about three months before I took the leap to quit,' Lakey said. TikTok has allowed her to pay off some of her student debt. Unlike her corporate job, becoming a full-time TikTok creator has also provided her autonomy over how she spends each hour of her day., she retorted,'Influencers aren't out of touch for crying about the TikTok ban. You're out of touch for not realizing this is a real industry.'Maybe you’re the one out of touch for praying on the downfall of women you built up and discrediting their work 🤷♀️in U.S. small business and creator revenue within just one month,' said Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow in governance studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institutio
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