US TikTok users should expect the app to no longer work from Sunday onwards. But they can still choose to download their favourite videos. Here’s how.

The platform is exploring several potential options for its future, a person with knowledge of the discussions said.

President Biden, on the eve of leaving office, is punting the issue of the U.S. government’s enforcement of the law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell its stake in the app or face a nationwide ban to President-elect Donald Trump.

The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.

"We're going to find a way to preserve it but protect people's data." “Trump could come out as the hero in all of this,” said Jennifer Grygiel, an associate professor of communications at Syracuse University who studies social media.