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Reports indicate thatTikTokis preparing for an immediate and complete shutdown of its services in the US on January 19.

TikTok reportedly wants to maximize the impact of the ban to its benefit.

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This popup will redirect them to a website with information about the shutdown.

This would likely mean that users would be unable to view notifications or videos.

However, the app will apparently allow users to download their data and personal information following the ban.

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However, there has been no update on if that has been taken into consideration.

Secondly, it is possible that the reported date might not be exact.

For the time being, we will have to wait and see what the result is.

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