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Labels and artists forced to rethink marketing strategies as viral hit-making app faces possible US shutdown on Sunday

TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban won't be used to punish service providers.

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago

The TikTok community faces an uncertain future, but tax laws apply regardless of the app’s fate.

The future of TikTok remains uncertain as a ban on the app in the US looms.

An exodus to other Chinese apps, a jump in prominence but a dive in content: speculation is raging over what a US TikTok ban will mean for its Aussie users.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time

Tick… tock.

With just hours to go before it is set to shut down, many senators and representatives are still posting on the app they claim is too dangerous for the rest of us to use.

"I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us," writes Justice Gorsuch.

"You’re going to see what I’m going to do." As the Supreme Court clears the way for TikTok to be banned in the US, all eyes are on the President-elect's next move. The post Is TikTok Really Getting Banned? New President Breaks Silence On Controversial Law first appeared on Bored…