The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that could result in a TikTok ban in the United States on the 13th of March, 2024. The vote was 352-65.

The bill requires ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to divest or sell the app within 165 days or face a ban on U.S. devices.

To become law, the bill still needs to secure approval in the Senate and be signed by the president, which might happen quickly or take a long time.

Many possible scenarios can occur, and these are connected to the U.S. elections, some diplomatic and political affairs, companies’ willingness to buy TikTok, and ByteDance’s willingness to sell the app.

As an American business owner, influencer, or content creator, you have little power or control over what happens. But this TikTok ban might affect your business, revenue, or main source of income.


Who will be affected by the TikTok ban in the US?
A glimpse over the data that is available online, on TikTok’s site, and the comments of the company’s CEO after the House passed the bill shows that the following can be affected by the ban:

- 7 million businesses in the U.S.
- Around 130,000 American influencers
- Retailers who promote mainly through TikTok
- Teachers, as TikTok’s CEO claimed