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'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which ranks #4 in social platform usage in the [[United States]] in 2024.  '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok on Jan. 19, 2025 (the day before [[Inauguration]]) unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''. The [[D.C. Circuit]] upheld this law on Dec. 6, 2024.  Meanwhile, '''''evidence shows that TikTok usage helped [[Trump]] win reelection''''' by persuading young voters.

'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned short-form video app (software for mobile devices) which ranks #4 in social platform usage in the [[United States]] in 2024.  '''''TikTok is a competitor of [[liberal]] [[Facebook]], and in spring 2024 [[Congress]] passed a law to ban TikTok on Jan. 19, 2025 (the day before [[Inauguration]]) unless its ownership is transferred from [[China]]'''''. The [[D.C. Circuit]] upheld this law on Dec. 6, 2024.  Meanwhile, '''''evidence shows that TikTok usage helped [[Trump]] win reelection''''' by persuading young voters.

Attempting to remain available after Jan. 19, 2025, TikTok warned in a court filing on December 9, 2024, that:

Attempting to remain online in the [[U.S.]] after Jan. 19, 2025, TikTok warned in a court filing in the [[D.C. Circuit]] on December 9, 2024, that 170 million American users would be affected, and:

{{cquote|U.S. small businesses and social media creators would lose $1.3 billion in revenue and earnings in just one month if the popular app is effectively shut down in the United States on Jan. 19, under provisions of a law targeting national security concerns about its China-based parent company.<ref>https://www.aol.com/tiktok-says-ban-cost-u-165826855.html</ref>}}

{{cquote|U.S. small businesses and social media creators would lose $1.3 billion in revenue and earnings in just one month if the popular app is effectively shut down in the United States on Jan. 19, under provisions of a law targeting national security concerns about its China-based parent company.<ref>https://www.aol.com/tiktok-says-ban-cost-u-165826855.html</ref>}}