We’re getting closer to a possible ban of the popular app, TikTok. The Supreme Court will take on the legal challenge ahead of a ban set to take effect in mid-January.In the meantime, users are in limbo, including small businesses in Greater Cincinnati that say TikTok is vital to their bottom line.Heather Savage of Cincinnati is a full-time content creator. Since launching her TikTok account, “SavageMomLife,” she’s gained more than six million followers. “COVID happened. I started making videos, and they kept going viral,” Savage said.Savage turned her hobby into a job. “You can monetize based on views. You can monetize based on selling products, your own products or somebody else’s products,” Savage said.Savage’s page and millions of other pages could be gone. That’s because the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case between TikTok and the U.S. government. The issue is a law set to go into effect in January that requires the app’s Chinese owner to sell the platform to an American company or face a ban. Lawmakers say it’s an issue of national security. TikTok says the order violates free speech rights. “We started really small, and then we went on social media, and then it’s blown up from there,” business owner Stephanie Sims said.Since 2022, Sims has been making wax melts, candles and room sprays out of her own home through her business, Home & Arrow. In 2023, Sims used TikTok to start selling her products. “The last 18 months since I joined TikTok Shop, we have done more than multiple six figures of income in that time, which is absolutely insane,” Sims said.Sims is worried about what a TikTok ban could mean for her workers. “I have five people who work underneath me that see the financial impact of that and will eventually,” Sims said.The court will hear arguments on Jan. 10. That’s just nine days before the ban would take effect.
We’re getting closer to a possible ban of the popular app, TikTok. The Supreme Court will take on the legal challenge ahead of a ban set to take effect in mid-January.
In the meantime, users are in limbo, including small businesses in Greater Cincinnati that say TikTok is vital to their bottom line.
Heather Savage of Cincinnati is a full-time content creator.
Since launching her TikTok account, “SavageMomLife,” she’s gained more than six million followers.
“COVID happened. I started making videos, and they kept going viral,” Savage said.
Savage turned her hobby into a job.
“You can monetize based on views. You can monetize based on selling products, your own products or somebody else’s products,” Savage said.
Savage’s page and millions of other pages could be gone.
That’s because the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case between TikTok and the U.S. government. The issue is a law set to go into effect in January that requires the app’s Chinese owner to sell the platform to an American company or face a ban.
Lawmakers say it's an issue of national security. TikTok says the order violates free speech rights.
“We started really small, and then we went on social media, and then it’s blown up from there,” business owner Stephanie Sims said.
Since 2022, Sims has been making wax melts, candles and room sprays out of her own home through her business, Home & Arrow. In 2023, Sims used TikTok to start selling her products.
“The last 18 months since I joined TikTok Shop, we have done more than multiple six figures of income in that time, which is absolutely insane,” Sims said.
Sims is worried about what a TikTok ban could mean for her workers.
“I have five people who work underneath me that see the financial impact of that and will eventually,” Sims said.
The court will hear arguments on Jan. 10. That’s just nine days before the ban would take effect.
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