Local Voices
Chicago Influencer Says U.S. Ban On TikTok Would Take Slash His Audience
Chicago influencer Dean Lauvina said he built his entire platform on TikTok, and he could lose it in a matter of days.
January 16, 2025
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The clock is ticking on TikTok, with the popular social media app set to shut down in the U.S., this coming weekend.
Find out what's happening in Chicagofor free with the latest updates from Patch.
TikTok could shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Sunday, Jan. 19, unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok's sale by its Chinese parent company.
"Absent such relief, the Act will take effect on January 19, 2025," TikTok said in a Dec. 9 legal filing. "That would shut down TikTok—one of the Nation's most popular speech platforms — for its more than 170 million domestic monthly users on the eve of a presidential inauguration."
