Will TikTok be banned after Biden signs bill? Not immediately. Here's what happens next.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would restrict usage of TikTok, a social media platform that allows users to view and produce videos for themselves, their friends and the public.

The bill succeeded in the U.S. Senate with a vote ratio of 79-18, placing ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, at a crossroads between selling or banning the app in the U.S. President Joe Biden signed the bill on Wednesday morning.

With the bill now official, many social media users and TikTok fans are unsure what that means for the beloved video platform. What does that mean for TikTok users in the United States? Here's what to know.

When will TikTok be banned?

The passage of this bill does not lead to an immediate ban but grants ByteDance nine months to a year to sell the social media app’s U.S. operations.

An all-out ban — were it to come — would be difficult to enforce. The platform itself would be erased from app stores, but there would be ways to work around the restriction, such as using a VPN or changing your location on your phone.

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