TIKTOK'S COUNTDOWN

TikTok is making plans to shut down U.S. operations of its app on Sunday (1/19), when a federal ban takes effect, according to Reuters. A last minute reprieve could potentially come from President-elect Donald Trump, whose term begins 1/20.

Trump is considering issuing an executive order to suspend enforcement of a shutdown for 60 to 90 days, although it's unclear how he would legally do so.

Signed in April, the law mandates a ban on new TikTok downloads on Apple or Google if Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a non-Chinese company. It also prohibits U.S. companies from providing services to enable the distribution, maintenance or updating of it.

The Biden administration refuses to step in, calling TikTok a "danger" to national security due to the Chinese government’s alleged involvement with ByteDance.

If the ban does indeed go through, anyone trying to use the TikTok app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban. They only wish they could do that to us.