{"id":19739,"date":"2025-01-10T09:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19739"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:39:06","slug":"can-you-still-use-tiktok-if-its-banned-what-users-should-know-about-the-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19739","title":{"rendered":"Can You Still Use TikTok if It\u2019s Banned? What Users Should Know About the App."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The social media app is likely to disappear from the app stores of Google and Apple right away. But it\u2019s unclear if users will completely lose access.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The monthslong fight by legislators to ban the social media app TikTok in the United States is expected to come to a head on Friday when the Supreme Court hears arguments to decide the app\u2019s fate for its 170 million American users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, does get banned on Jan. 19, here is what users can expect to happen:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4ebc8e50\">Will TikTok still be available to download on app stores?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">No. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/7521\/text\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">law<\/a> passed by Congress last year would make it illegal for app stores from companies like Apple and Google to distribute or issue updates to TikTok at the risk of hefty civil penalties: $5,000 per American user, which could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If TikTok is banned, it will likely disappear from app stores overnight. (Apple and Google have not commented on their plans to remove the app.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Apple has long complied with foreign governments that have ordered apps to be removed in their countries. Last April, for instance, Apple <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/18\/technology\/apple-whatsapp-china-app-store.html\" title>pulled communication apps<\/a> like WhatsApp, Signal, Threads and Telegram from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-61a5a80d\">Will the TikTok app still be on my phone if I have already downloaded it?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yes. The law does not make it illegal to have the TikTok app on your phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe letter of the law is about future downloads and updates,\u201d said Dean Ball, a research fellow with the Mercatus Center, a think tank out of George Mason University. \u201cIt\u2019s not about taking the app off people\u2019s phones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But without the ability for ByteDance to issue updates to TikTok via app stores, the app will likely degrade over time. 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But it\u2019s unclear if users will completely lose access.The monthslong fight by legislators to ban the social media app TikTok in the United States is expected to come to a head on Friday when the Supreme Court hears arguments to decide the app\u2019s fate for its 170 million American users.If TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, does get banned on Jan. 19, here is what users can expect to happen:Will TikTok still be available to download on app stores?No. The law passed by Congress last year would make it illegal for app stores from companies like Apple and Google to distribute or issue updates to TikTok at the risk of hefty civil penalties: $5,000 per American user, which could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars.If TikTok is banned, it will likely disappear from app stores overnight. (Apple and Google have not commented on their plans to remove the app.)Apple has long complied with foreign governments that have ordered apps to be removed in their countries. Last April, for instance, Apple pulled communication apps like WhatsApp, Signal, Threads and Telegram from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese government.Will the TikTok app still be on my phone if I have already downloaded it?Yes. The law does not make it illegal to have the TikTok app on your phone.\u201cThe letter of the law is about future downloads and updates,\u201d said Dean Ball, a research fellow with the Mercatus Center, a think tank out of George Mason University. \u201cIt\u2019s not about taking the app off people\u2019s phones.\u201dBut without the ability for ByteDance to issue updates to TikTok via app stores, the app will likely degrade over time. 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