TikTok, owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, is now at risk of disappearing, now that the U.S. government moves to ban the platform. Users and content creators on the app are facing an uncertain future and question if the app will go in the dark for good.

After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.

The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to officially cut the cord and halt new downloads off the app starting Sunday.

Creators and users are searching for new platforms like Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other alternatives.

TikTok's expected Sunday shutdown poses the biggest threat to the universe of small- and medium-sized firms and so-called influencers who depend on the short-form video site for their livelihood, while big brands are expected to move to other sites.

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Trade warriors are scrambling to avoid the consequences of their actions. The top U.S. court upheld a bipartisan law to ban TikTok in just two days’ time. Yet neither outgoing President Joe Biden nor incoming President-elect Donald Trump want the social media app to go dark on their watch.

Unless TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the app into new ownership, TikTok will be removed from Apple and Google app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, reports CNN. The app will still be accessible on phones that have it previously downloaded, but it will not be able to update.

In an 8-1 decision released Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law which will automatically ban TikTok if it does not sell its U.S. business by Sunday. So hopes for a SCOTUS save are now officially dashed. This doesn’t seem to be more than a general expression of confidence that everything will work out … somehow:

However, according to a breaking story in The New York Times, the Court's ruling was two-fold: "preventing China from covertly manipulating content on the platform, and preventing China from collecting vast amounts of data about the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.

With the court signaling it will release a decision on Friday, lobbyists for the app pushed lawmakers to shift course.