There's been talk of a TikTok ban in the U.S. for years, understandably leaving a lot of people (some 170 million users) confused about the future of their favorite app. Is a ban actually going to happen? Are U.S. lawmakers even allowed to do that? Congress passed a TikTok ban law that President Joe Biden signed back in April. Now, it's in the hands of the Supreme Court. Two big things have to happen for the ban to take effect: TikTok has to miss its Jan. 19 deadline to split from its parent company, Chinese-owned ByteDance. The Supreme Court has to reject TikTok's free speech argument. If these two things happen and the Supreme Court decides to uphold the law, TikTok will be required to “go dark” on Jan. 19, 2025. What exactly does that mean? We broke it down for you. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/tiktok-ban-explained-app-deleted-vpn/67-2b228981-216a-4746-b875-4613864727ff