Rising call to ban TikTok in US brings chaos to its user community

TikTok has had a fraught relationship with the United States government for some time

It was a weekend of chaos on TikTok — unleashed on Friday night when President Trump said, while aboard Air Force One, that he might ban the video app.

The surprise announcement sent influencers in droves onto livestreams to give possibly premature teary and heartfelt goodbyes to their fans, asking them to join them on apps like Instagram, YouTube and Triller. For agencies that manage talent on the platform, it was a long weekend of hand-holding and downloading TikTok archives for posterity.  Some users, in a last-hurrah bid for virality, reposted TikToks they said had previously been removed by the