Arizona businesses prep for looming TikTok ban, users flock to alternative platforms [Video]

GLENDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Samuel Sears runs AZ Taco King in Glendale with his wife and sons. He said the business took off during the pandemic and never slowed down, thanks to TikTok.

The restaurant’s TikTok page has over 100,000 followers and millions of likes. However, Sears is now bracing for his page to shut down with the TikTok ban looming.

“For us to get to the point now where it really sounds like it is getting taken away really sucks,” said Sears.

The fate of TikTok in the United States now hangs in the balance.

The Supreme Court is set to decide the constitutionality of a bipartisan law banning the app unless it divests from its China-based owner, ByteDance. That law is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

“Giving China access to the personal data of millions of Americans is a threat to national security,” said Valley attorney Robert McWhirter.

The Supreme Court heard oral argumentslast …