Guess what? It finally happened! President Biden just signed a bill that’s got everyone buzzing—it includes a TikTok ban. Yep, you heard that right. TikTok, the app you probably spend way too much time on, might be disappearing from your phone soon.
Here’s the deal: the company behind TikTok, called ByteDance, has to sell it off within nine months. If they don’t, TikTok could vanish from all the app stores in the U.S. And get this, the President can give them a tiny extension, but just for three more months. So basically, time’s ticking, and in a year, TikTok might be history.
This whole thing got a thumbs up from both Republicans and Democrats. It sailed through the House, the Senate, and finally landed on the President’s desk.
TikTok’s not taking this lying down, though. Their spokesperson, Alex Haurek, says they’re not giving up without a fight. They’re promising to keep TikTok a safe and fun place for everyone.
But here’s the twist: TikTok’s owned by a big company in China. And you know how things work over there—companies don’t always have the same privacy rules as they do here. That’s got some folks worried that personal info from TikTok might end up in the wrong hands.
Now, I’m not a legal whiz, but it doesn’t look like the courts can save TikTok from this mess. My guess? Within a year, they’ll either sell TikTok to someone else or try to split off the U.S. part and sell that. Sounds tricky, right? But desperate times call for desperate measures.
