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When the ban takes place, TikTok will be removed from app stores, so if If you haven't already downloaded it before January 19, you won't be able to do so. The app's parent company, ByteDance, will also no longer be able to offer updates to the app, meaning it will eventually become unusable.
However, there is currently a proposal in the US Senate by the senator from Massachusetts Ed Markey called “Extend the TikTok Deadline Act”, which would give ByteDance an additional 270 days to sell the app, thereby delaying the ban, according to CBS News. Markey is a supporter of enforcement and recently submitted a bipartisan brief to repeal the ban entirely, noting that Congress' the reasons for the ban lack evidence and violate First Amendment rights. For now, it remains to be seen whether Markey's legislation will pass.
What other apps are like TikTok?
When it comes to apps similar to TikTok, social media users believe that high three contenders are: Meta's Instagram (which offers Reels), RedNote and Lemon8. Instagram has made Reels a direct competitor to TikTok in recent years with its short videos.
RedNote is not an individual clone of TikTok, but offers a short video.
Lemon8 is another option; However, it has more in common with Pinterest and, because it also belongs to ByteDance, could are facing similar issues as TikTok.
Some TikTok users have I even suggested coming back to Tumblrwhich reached its peak in the mid-2010s.
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