How can TikTok avoid a ban at the 11th hour?

A TikTok influencer holds a sign that reads “Keep TikTok” outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building - (Getty Images)

Millions of Americans will have to be blocked from posting on TikTok unless there is a last-minute intervention in the coming days.

TikTok could be banned in the United States unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a U.S.-based company by January 19.