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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Uncertainty looms as tiktok ban nears - Caught on Camera

Valerie Akoko, a digital content creator, records a video for TikTok at her house in Tatu city, a startup city that tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 25,

The U.S. is on the brink of a potential TikTok ban, with the nation's highest court upholding a law that will halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. The uncertainty surrounding the ban has left millions of users and content creators in a state of limbo, especially influencers and small business owners who rely on TikTok for income.

One such individual is a comedian, actor, and content creator with 1.5 million followers on TikTok, who expressed concerns about the impending chaos as the deadline approaches. The Supreme Court's unanimous decision on Friday upheld a federal law that requires TikTok to be sold by its China-based parent company before January 19 to avoid the ban.

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