TikTok users say goodbye to the app ahead of ban date
With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the TikTok ban, the future of the app in America is in limbo, and creators on the platform have started to say goodbye.
With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the TikTok ban Friday morning, the future of the app in America is in limbo, and some creators on the platform have started to say goodbye.
The ban goes into effect Sunday, but the Biden administration has said it won’t enforce it, leaving TikTok’s fate to President-elect Donald Trump. Trump has supported the idea of trying to save TikTok, but it’s still unclear whether or not the app will be available come Sunday.
Amid the confusion, celebrities, influencers and everyday users of the app are saying their final farewells to TikTok by posting their first-ever drafts (unposted videos that users save in the app), creating montages of some of the most viral moments on the app, laying rumors to rest and trying to sell last-minute items on TikTok Shop.
Influencer Haley Kalil, known by the username HaleyyBaylee, said goodbye to the app by clearing up a controversy she faced last year for posting a video to an audio saying, “let them eat cake” while wearing a Marie Antoniette-inspired dress during the 2024 Met Gala. At the time, many users thought that Kalil’s video was insensitive and tone-deaf, given the fact that a pro-Palestinian protest had been taking place near the gala. On Thursday, Kalil made a TikTok in which she appears to refer to the incident, writing, “TikTok literally suggested that audio after I took a pic in my dress,” then adding, “I truly had no idea what it meant. I thought it was from a chick flick,” referring to the movie the audio came from, the 2006 film, “Marie Antoniette.”
Meredith Duxbury, a TikTok star who became popular for creating makeup videos where she would apply a hefty amount of foundation on her face, made a similar video to the same phrase
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/tiktok-users-say-goodbye-app-ahead-ban-date-rcna188124
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