TikTok stars are moving away from the app's shutdown. Forbes shows where to find them
2025-01-18 12:53:16
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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the federal decision to shut down TikTok in the US for its 170 million American users this Sunday.
This decision pushes well-known American creators to migrate to other platforms, mainly Instagram and YouTube.
TikTok, on the other hand, signaled earlier this week that it is planning to voluntarily shut down the app in the US.
TikTok is expected to allow users and content creators to download personal data and retain access to their digital footprint before the app shuts down.
There is no provision in US law that would force TikTok to delete the account data of its US users, meaning that if TikTok is restored in the future, theoretically, the content could be restored as well.
The ban also may not affect any users or creators outside the United States, meaning that Italian-Senegalese creator Khabane Lame, for example, will be active—though they will lose American followers.
