3 Things You Should Definitely Do Before the TikTok Ban on Jan. 19

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TikTok is expected to be shut down on Sunday for everyone in the US.

Right now, the only way that TikTok survives is if the Supreme Court blocks the federal law that would ban the social media platform. Someone with deep pockets and based in the US could also just buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance, which currently owns the company, but as of right now, these scenario seems unlikely.

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If you're one of the more than 170 million TikTok users in the US, you should be prepared for TikTok to shut down ...