The social media app said it would abide by a law requiring it to cease operations in the United States on Jan. 19

A US ban on the social media platform TikTok is set to go into effect. Here's how long the app has left, plus the ban's impact on High Desert creators.

As a ban looms over the social media app and its 170 million users, TikTok said it will be “forced to go dark” on Sunday unless the Biden administration explicitly declares that it will not enforce the ban.

TikTok was not available for many of its 170 million users in the U.S. hours before a ban on the social media platform was supposed to go into effect.