When does the US TikTok ban start?

Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersIs TikTok banned in the US? What to know after Supreme Court decisionGetty ImagesProtestors continue to gather outside the Supreme Court in a last-ditch bid to convince lawmakers to listen to their plightTikTok is set to be banned in the US on 19 January after the Supreme Court denied a last ditch legal bid from its Chinese owner, ByteDance.

It found the law banning the social media platform did not violate the first amendment rights of TikTok and its 170 million users, as the companies argued.

But will the decision of the country's highest judicial authority actually stop Americans using it?

President-elect Donald Trump says, simply, the future of TikTok is up to him.

And the White House says "given the sheer fact of timing", the process of implementing the law will indeed fall to Trump, who will be sworn in on Monday - the day after the ban comes into effect.

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