While TikTok is back, for now, many Austin-based content creators are worried about what will happen to their businesses if a ban is fully implemented.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled in favor of upholding the federal law banning TikTok unless it's sold by its Chinese-based parent company on or before Jan. 19.

Many Austin-based influencers make the majority of their income from TikTok. Read about eight who wonder what happens next if the app is banned.

AUSTIN, Texas — The State of Texas sued TikTok and its owner, according to documents shared by the Texas attorney general Thursday. TikTok was accused of showing inappropriate content to minors, being deliberately addictive, misleading parents and failing to disclose the risks.

KXAN's Grace Reader spoke to Mayor Kirk Watson outside of the One Texas Center where people were meeting to be transported to overnight cold weather shelters. ATCEMS responds to 12 cold weather exposure calls, 2 ‘fatal incidents’ -- meanwhile the city of Austin's overnight cold weather shelters were used Monday night by 550 people.

We spoke to TikTok and Instagram influencers and journalists alike to compare the apples and oranges of it all.

The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Galveston County, accuses TikTok of ignoring the health and safety of Texas minors and argues the platform “is rife with profanity, sexual content, violence, mature themes, and drug and alcohol content.”

TikTok users around the country are saying their goodbyes. On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban the popular social media app on Sunday, unless the Chinese company that owns it finds a U.S. buyer. The app has 170 million users in the U.S. — including 16-year-old Marium Zahra.

On Friday, the U.S. government argued that the ban of TikTok is a matter of national security, while the company's attorneys argue the ban is unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court last week unanimously upheld a law that could effectively ban TikTok in the U.S., leaving some Austin-based influencers and social media managers in limbo over what the app's ...

TikTok funded a nearly $12 million construction project to revamp two levels at the 300 Colorado Tower in downtown Austin, according to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

The Supreme Court upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday, unless it is sold by its China-based parent company, and the app has become popular among teens and small businesses, with