https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/04/24/us-banning-tiktok-your-key-questions-answered/ > No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. > After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. The measure gives Beijing-based parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the company, with a possible additional three months if a sale is in progress. If it doesn’t, TikTok will be banned.