PENFIELD, N.Y. (WHAM) – TikTok may be facing its final days in the United States as a ban on the app is set to take effect this Sunday and many content creators are questioning their next steps.

Emily King, a TikTok influencer from Penfield with 3.4 million followers, expressed uncertainty about the future.

“I think the most important thing about TikTok is that it has created all these communities, and there is no other social media platform that compares to it, its algorithm and its ability to create these communities,” King said .

King, who gained her first 2 million followers on TikTok before expanding to other platforms like Instagram and YouTube, recognized the challenges of starting over.

“Most of the followers I have, 3.4 million followers, are on TikTok,” she said.

It appeared the Supreme Court would uphold a law banning the app in the US on January 19th.

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Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in cybersecurity at the Rochester Institute of Technology, emphasized the need for caution.

“Cybersecurity comes with a seesaw,” Weissman said. “On the one hand there is security and on the other hand there is comfort and ease of use. When one side goes up, the other side goes down. We as Americans must exercise great caution because our infrastructure, government, businesses and information about citizens are at great risk.”

There are potential ways to defeat the ban, such as President-elect Donald Trump asking Congress to repeal the law or the possibility of a sale.

However, the uncertainty is worrying the makers.

“A lot of people quit their jobs to become content creators because they were so successful with TikTok, and now it’s all for nothing and there’s a lot of uncertainty,” King said.

Financial concerns also play a major role.

“I get paid once a month through the app. “What’s happening this month?” King asked. “When it goes black and I can’t access it. What then happens to the payment? What happens to the tax documents? There’s just a lot of unknowns.”

If the ban continues, TikTok won’t disappear from phones immediately, but users will no longer be able to receive software updates and internet hosting companies will be banned from offering services to TikTok, potentially affecting the availability of new content.

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