Experts say no other app offers the same financial opportunities as TikTok, while creators fear loss of income if it disappears.
Shou Zi Chew was an intern at Facebook before he became Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest competitor as CEO of TikTok. Shou Zi Chew may be the CEO of Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest competitor, TikTok, but at the start of his career,
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TikTok Isn’t the Enemy
After today’s Supreme Court ruling, TikTok is set to be banned in the United States on Sunday following the refusal of its parent Chinese company, ByteDance, to sell the social media app to a US company.
TikTok might be gone — but its effects have changed us forever. Whatever happens to the app, the TikTokification of American life is here to stay.
Meta stands to be one of the largest beneficiaries of a TikTok ban in the US, analysts say. Through ad dollars alone, Meta could rake in up to $3.38B.
I immediately thought of Vine this morning, when the Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent company or face a ban in the United States. After I saw the news I then checked TikTok.
There are the TikTok creators who fear losing their audiences and have been frantically trying to persuade their fans to follow them on Instagram and YouTube, and the e-commerce brands and drop-shippers that are going to have to find other places to sell their stuff.
A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.
“It’s not a foregone conclusion that RedNote will suddenly enjoy TikTok’s success and popularity,” Gorman said. “Actually gaining the traction TikTok has is rare. And the size of the national security threat is really proportional to the size of the user base.”
On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on TikTok set to go into effect Sunday. Here's what Nebraska creators have to say.
TikTok’s time in the United States is counting down. But Washington is only the latest government to impose restrictions on the video app.