TikTok is set to be banned in the U.S. next week. Here’s what you need to know.

A US ban on TikTok is set to come into effect next week.

U.S. lawmakers passed the ban last year, citing national security concerns over potential data sharing between the app’s parent company ByteDance and the Chinese Government.

To avoid the ban, ByteDance has to sell its U.S. operations to a non-Chinese entity.

Approximately 170 million Americans use the app.

The ban

The TikTok ban is set to come into effect nine months after legislation passed the U.S.with support from both Democrats and Republicans.

According to a lawyer for, when the ban goes into effect, the app will “go dark” for U.S. users. It will no longer be available tonew users through app stores.

The ban also targets any social and digital media apps operated “directly or indirectly” by ByteDance.

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Last week, TikTok fronted the U.S’ highest court, the Supreme Court, in an attempt to overturn the ban.

Its lawyers argued the ban would result in “massive and unprecedented censorship” and cause many Americans to lose money.

TikTok estimated that within the first month of the ban, small businesses using the app could lose over $US1 billion ($AU1.62 billion) in revenue, while content creators risk missing out on $US300 million ($AU487 million).

Trump

In 2020, then-President Donald Trump announced plans to ban TikTok, citing national security risks.

However, in December, Trump said: “I now have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok.” The president-elect falsely claimed TikTok had helped increase the number of young people who voted for him.

This month, Trump filed a request urging the Supreme Court to temporarily pause the ban.

He will be inaugurated on 20 January, one day after the law takes effect.