Central Florida TikTok users notified of ban after app issues new pop-up message

TikTok informed users on Saturday night that the social media app will be unavailable due to a law banning the app.

What we know:

On Saturday, users first logged on and received a pop-up message reading "Important update from TikTok," saying that the soon-to-be-implemented U.S. law would "force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We're working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible." However, people could still click through the message and operate the app on Saturday night.

That message later changed to "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now." The message went on to say that President Donald Trump has indicated he planned on working with the app for a solution.

Central Florida business owners ae worried that a TikTok ban could impact their bottom line.

Nadja Jovanovic, the owner of Envy Cupcakes, shares her different and unique bakes on TikTok, some of which are Disney-themed. She says many of her customers found her on TikTok and placed an order.

"TikTok has a huge Disney following and a love for Disney on there," said Jovanovic. "They come on there and they see that I deliver to the resorts and then I provide a link that takes them to my website. So, it's just it's very quick, it's very easy."

However, the time may be up for TikTok. The Supreme Court upheld a law, that banned the app unless the company sold it by Sunday. But President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to address it when he's in office leaving content creators worried about its future.

"There are a lot of businesses that started through TikTok and the entire reason why they got so big is because of TikTok. So it's definitely sad to see how these businesses may be negatively impacted in the future," said Jovanovic.

Another content creator, Kyla Sanae, who has the handle ‘Orlando Queen’ visits different restaurants, and bars, and features things to do in Orlando – and then will share it on TikTok. She’s heard from local business owners who say it’s helped tremendously.

"Sometimes I'll just post something just on my own merit and they had no clue I was making a video and they're like, you don't know what you've done for my business, I'm now opening up another location, I'm taking my family on a vacation," Sanae said. "I'm very sad to see this go because with Instagram, like I said, the reach is very, very difficult."

The social media platform could receive a lifeline from President-elect Trump. He said on Saturday that he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day extension from the Jan. 19 deadline after he enters office on Monday.

The Source: The information in this article comes from reporting done by FOX 35's Stephanie Buffamonte.

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