Barring a miracle, TikTok will end its application on Sunday January 19, 2025 in the United States. The Chinese social network failed to win its case in the American courts, which forced it to go black.
With more than 170 million users in the United States alone, TikTok is one of the biggest digital successes of recent years. However, as unlikely as it may seem, the social network will be banned on January 19, 2025. Since March 2023, American parliamentarians question the success of this application, which they accuse of serving the Chinese Communist Party. President Joe Biden signed a law on April 24, 2024 forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok… or close it.
Since then, TikTok has been trying to survive. The social network is increasing its appeals to the American justice system, but is unable to win its case. He has been waiting for several weeks for the Supreme Court to rule, but now anticipates a refusal to rule from the highest court in the country. Despite the support of Donald Trump, who has become a fan of the social network, TikTok is preparing to close on Sunday, according to The InformationJanuary 15.
TikTok has prepared its closure plan
On January 19, 2025, as Joe Biden wants, TikTok will close. The Information indicates that the company will completely disconnect its app’s servers, meaning that people who have already downloaded the software will no longer be able to use it (or will be able to with a VPN?). It is also likely that Apple and Google will remove TikTok from their application stores, to comply with the law.
By opening TikTok on January 19, US users of the app will receive an alert about the end of the app, with a link to a website to explain what happened. Americans will be able to upload their personal data to this site, but will no longer be able to access millions of short videos. TikTok employees will be invited to work the next day to discuss what happens next.
Will Donald Trump resurrect TikTok?
The day after its ban, TikTok will see a new president enter the White House: Donald Trump. The social network undoubtedly hopes that one of Donald Trump’s first decrees will repeal the law signed by Joe Biden or, at least, suspend it for a while. The hypothesis of a sale of TikTok to Elon Musk has been raised by the press in recent days, even if China formally denies it. Still, this option would bring TikTok under American ownership, and therefore protect it from banning.
Despite his recent proximity to the TikTok teams, who present him in particular as one of the most popular accounts on the social network, Donald Trump has no interest in saving a rival of the major American groups. A rescue would undoubtedly be accompanied by firm conditions, such as a sale or guarantees on American data. Mark Zuckerberg’s conservative turnaround also reduces the need to provide competition to Facebook and Instagram.
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The sudden closure of an application as popular as TikTok is unprecedented in a Western country. The Chinese social network can still hope for a rescue from the Supreme Court at the last minute, but for the moment seems condemned to a bleak future. He could become the first, as of Sunday, to undergo a total ban in the United States.
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