With every passing day, the US government inches closer to doing something unprecedented: banning a social media app used by an estimated 170 million Americans each month.
But what would happen next? Well, TikTok won’t suddenly vanish off your smartphone, but it will reportedly stop functioning. The company is preparing to “go dark” in the U.S., with all access to creating, viewing and sharing content (and the beloved For You page) gone— unless someone decides to throw it a last-minute lifeline.
