TikTok creators took to the app to express their shock and dismay Friday after a panel of federal judges unanimously upheld a new law that could lead to the popular Chinese-owned video app being banned in the United States by mid-January.
¡°I¡¯m, like, shaking ¡ª I¡¯m so mad, I¡¯m so anxious, because TikTok changed my life,¡± Katie Wolf, a 38-year-old book editor in Charleston, South Carolina, said in a video she posted Friday. She finds 80% of her clients through the app, she said, and does not know what she would do without it.
¡°It¡¯s about to get stupid,¡± Alex Pearlman, a 40-year-old comedian in Philadelphia, said in another video. ¡°We don¡¯t know what¡¯s going to stay monetized, we don¡¯t know how the TikTok Shops are going to keep working,¡± he said, adding expletives for emphasis. He continued: ¡°We¡¯ve got 44 days until this app goes.¡±
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