How TikTok Creators Are Preparing For A Ban On 'A Really Special Platform'

Four content creators speak to HuffPost about their experience on TikTok as the platform could go dark this Sunday.

Big changes could be coming for TikTok influencers in the next few days.

U.S.-based creators, many of whom make their living on the popular social media app, have been preparing for the possibility of a ban as they wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on TikTok’s challenge to a bill signed into law by President Joe Biden earlier this year, targeting the company while citing national security concerns.

Influencers with major followings on TikTok spoke to HuffPost about how they feel about the possibility of a ban as other platforms vie to replace it, while also describing the profound role TikTok has had on their lives so far.

Alexis Androulakis, who operates the @thelipsticklesbians account with her wife, Christina Basias Androulakis, said TikTok saved them from bankruptcy.

“It’s a really special platform,” Androulakis said. “Going from looking and talking to bankruptcy lawyers, and then within six months, being able to monetize through TikTok itself and sustain a livelihood. There was no other platform that offered that to us in our time of our deepest economic need as American citizens.”