So is TikTok actually going to get banned? And where do all the creators go if that happens?

Also on this episode, we're going to be talking about verification badges. You may have noticed

that a lot of platforms are starting to make creators pay not only for verification, but also to

show up on the platforms. Welcome to Creator Support, the show where we answer your questions

about the business of being a creator. All right, our first question comes from YouTube from Life with Sienna. She says, what do you guys questions about the business of being a creator. All right.

Our first question comes from YouTube from Life with Sienna.

She says, what do you guys think about the TikTok ban?

So the TikTok ban is not a new thing.

No, it is not.

It's been talked about for years.

And this version of it, I mean, I was almost hesitant to talk about it because I was like,

how real is it? We've been hearing about this for years. But it does feel different this time around. And I think

the TikTok ban is coming at a time where all social platform, everything on, everything about the

platforms is feeling really different in this exact moment. Yeah, I'll say the ban is not new.

It's something that obviously when

President Trump brought it up, it was like, is this real? This seems crazy. Yeah. But it is new

in the sense that I don't think we've ever had a platform like this that 150 million Americans,

specifically young Americans are extremely active on that is owned by a Chinese

company. And the U.S. is potentially going to ban it. Like, that is unique. The moment I realized

it was real was when the CEO of TikTok took to TikTok to advocate for TikTok, When that happened, I was like, oh, are they

concerned? Yeah. And when I saw him do that, when he took to his own platform to kind of make his

case, it was this kind of odd thing to watch. It felt like a Hail Mary.

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