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Companies are posting their final goodbyes to TikTok, on TikTok
The last scroll for US users of TikTok is nearing, and everyone from content creators to major companies are posting their final goodbyes.
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- Companies are humorously mourning the loss of TikTok, which is set to go dark on Sunday.
- The Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban the app on Friday.
- TikTok said it will go dark unless Biden intervenes.
In typical fashion for those chronically online, TikTok users are coping with a looming ban through memes and humor, posting their final goodbyes. Companies have joined in the fun.
The Supreme Court dashed any hope it would save TikTok in the United States when, on Friday, it upheld a law that forces the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to either sell its US operations or face the removal of TikTok from American app stores.
As a result, TikTok said it would "go dark" on Sunday for its 170 million American users. It will still be accessible to its users in other countries.
The social media app has become one of the most popular in the United States and an essential marketing tool for businesses, small and large. So, its demise could have a real effect on some businesses' bottom line. In the spirit of the app, however, companies are taking the change in humorous stride.
Sony Pictures posted a clip from "The Social Network" in which Eduardo Saverin (played by Andrew Garfield) interrupts Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) as he's "wired in." Saverin smashes Zuckerberg's computer in a fit of rage after learning he had been betrayed. The text above the video, posted on Thursday, read: "all of us this week."
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