Well, it finally happened.

Tiktok was banned in the U.S.

For 15 hours.

“I thought that even if the app was banned, it would come back eventually,” junior Maddy Webb said.

After five years of the ban being discussed, action was taken in January.

In July 2020, Donald Trump proposed a ban on TikTok, which viewed the Chinese-owned app as a national security threat.

Now, five years later, Trump’s view on taking TikTok from the U.S. has shifted completely.

“Frankly, we have no choice. We have to save it,” Trump said at his final rally before being inaugurated.

The day before the inauguration, he signed an executive order to delay the ban for 75 days.

So, TikTok is not permanent in the U.S., as of right now.

Some deleted TikTok as soon as it was banned, and then it wasn’t available in the app store. It is back in the app store.

“I thought the whole thing was kind of shady since they said it would be banned and it wasn’t even gone for a whole day,” freshman Zoey Dixon said.

Many creators made goodbye videos, quietly displaying their handles on other social media platforms, including YouTube and Instagram.

A number of them also revealed to their viewers a lie that was significant to their whole persona on TikTok, making it hard for them to recover since the app is back for most people.

One creator, with the handle @annbonelli, who was known for having a prominent scar on her face, admitted that it was fake.

Many trends were made in the “final” days of American TikTok, including “Where are we going once TikTok is banned?”

This sparked numerous conversations in comments, as people discussed which app would best replace TikTok.