Here's what would happen if the United States bans TikTok

More than 170 million Americans use TikTok, but for how much longer? Unless it's spun off from its Chinese parent company, the platform could disappear from app stores by Jan. 19.

Supporters of the federal measure say TikTok poses a national security risk because of the information that could be collected from users by the Chinese-owned company.

"We cannot rule out that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) could use it," Avril Haines, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, said during a Congressional hearing in March.

But banning TikTok faces a lot of opposition, including from social media influencers and small business owners who say it could cost them.

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