If TikTok were banned for 2 months, up to half its U.S. users would quit permanently. If banned for 6 months, 90% of users would never return. That's according to a court filing urging a federal judge to halt Trump's TikTok ban from taking effect Sunday.
But that order — which would make TikTok disappear from app stores and eventually cripple the app for those who already have it — is set to start now on midnight Sunday.from beginning this weekend. The Justice Department opposes the hearing. In a response to the court, it says while the ban prevents downloads and updates of the app, it will"otherwise largely preserve the status quo" for TikTok users in the U.S.
The president ordered that Chinese-owned app WeChat be effectively shut down in the U.S. along with TikTok, but a federal judgeover free speech concerns, saying such apps operate as a"a virtual public square." Hiring has become more difficult with a giant target from the White House on its back. Pappas said 52 candidates have declined offers to work at TikTok due to Trump's attacks against the app.
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