TikTok Thinks Even A Temporary Ban Would Cripple Its Entire Business Within Months

TikTok Thinks Even A Temporary Ban Would Cripple Its Entire Business Within Months

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A U.S. ban would shatter TikTok's business around the world even if the restrictions were later lifted, the company says in a newly filed court document.

A ban that stopped TikTok from operating in the States and lasted two months would reduce the number of Americans using TikTok each day by 40% to 50%. Those figures worsen to a 80% to 90% drop in daily active users if the ban went six months, a move that would, essentially, deliver a fatal blow to TikTok's presence in America.

The ramifications stretch beyond the States. TikTok says American-made content accounts for as much as 60% of the videos consumed by users outside the