"TikTok influencers will lose huge amounts of followers." A clampdown by internet service providersĪ TikTok ban may take shape as a denial of access imposed by internet service providers, companies like Verizon and AT&T that deliver internet access for individuals, homes, businesses and other institutions, experts said. "One you've banned it, mainstream users may not want to take those kinds of risks - it may not be that important to them," he said. services because the Chinese government has such censorship."ĭespite the readily available workaround, the effort required to log in from a VPN will deter many people from continuing their use of TikTok, Edgar said. MORE: TikTok imposes default time limit for young users To access the app, users could use a Virtual Private Network, or VPN, which allows one to pose as a user logging on from a location abroad, thereby circumventing the U.S.-specific ban, Liao said. government and this page was seized by the Department of Justice,'" Edgar said.Īs with other approaches, users could elude the government-imposed barrier, experts said. "Users may go to a page saying, "TikTok was banned by the U.S. The government could use a "sinkhole," or a specially designed server that redirects web traffic when users try to reach illicit websites, such as child pornography or pirated material, Edgar said. "It would do enormous damage to TikTok," Edgar said. In such a case, attempts to access the app would fail because users would not be able to receive digital content from TikTok or reach its web host. MORE: Here's who made money amid the Silicon Valley Bank turmoil A block of access to TikTok's servers or IP addressĪ ban of the app could also take effect using a barrier that blocks access to TikTok's web servers or its IP address, the experts said.
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