Arizona small businesses prepare for upcoming potential TikTok ban [Video]

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Many small businesses in Arizona rely on TikTok to help them with marketing. With the potential ban looming, it is unclear how that would affect their customer base.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments for the case on Friday and will eventually decide whether the law that could ban the app from the U.S. violates the First Amendment.

The case comes after Congress passed a law forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company to divest from the app or have it banned from the U.S.

TikTok says there are over 170 million users in America.

Kateri Cusumano and her boyfriend Vinny have been running Amici Pizza since 2023. Around that time, she started posting videos on TikTok, which have begun to go viral in the last few months.

“Mainly in the last six months or so, things have skyrocketed like beyond anything you could ever imagine honestly,” Cusumano said.

She says the restaurant now serves about …