The implications of a potential TikTok ban in the US

The Biden administration has threatened to ban TikTok unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the app. It is unclear how a ban would be enforced, but it could involve prohibiting app stores from making TikTok available to download or criminalizing its use. Existing users may still be able to access the app, but the U.S. could force internet providers to block it. A VPN could provide a workaround, but a ban would not address data privacy concerns, and experts say many other products have Chinese software.