Will I be able to open TikTok.com from a computer located in the US on January 1st, 2026?
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On January 1st, 2026 I will browse to TikTok.com on my home computer located in Washington state. I will not be using a VPN or any other technical measures for evading website bans. I will use the default DNS server of my local internet provider. If my home internet is down for some reason I will use my phone hotspot or go use Wifi at a local cafe.

This question will resolve to YES if:

  1. I successfully navigate to the website. If for some reason TikTok happens to be down for technical reasons on that particular day, I will keep trying again for the next 48 hours.

  2. The website I see has TikTok-like content (short videos or images), roughly similar to the content currently hosted there today. It's acceptable for me to need to click through some sort of a warning screen before I can get to the TikTok content - i.e. a warning from ByteDance about how the website is banned in the US will count for a YES resolution as long as I can get to TikTok's actual content reasonably quickly.

  3. It's OK if I'm automatically redirected to an alternative domain, as long as it still has TikTok-like content. For example if TikTok rebrands to "Y.com" for whatever reason, this will still count as a YES.

  4. It doesn't matter who the owner of the website is. If TikTok.com is sold off to Facebook but I can still access TikTok-like content there, this will still count as a YES.

It will resolve to NO if:

  1. The website is entirely inaccessible.

  2. The website is accessible but no longer has TikTok-like content - for example, there's instead a notice from the government about the website being banned and I'm unable to watch TikTok-like content on TikTok.com as a result.

This question will never resolve to N/A. I reserve the right to bet on this market.

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Same question but for the app stores

My understanding of the bill is that even if passed, it has nothing to do with banning tiktok on desktop. The "ban" would be a bar on mobile app stores from hosting the tiktok app, and hosting services from hosting the website within the US. But they could (and would) still host the website internationally and serve it to US computers with no issue.

I don't really see any text that would allow the US government to enforce that ISPs must stop serving TikTok.

Which sort of makes this a market on whether it's fully shut down or purchased with a URL change.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text#H4CCF40F9A10544A8830EBD35A681625F

@DanMan314 I can imagine a follow up ISP ban bill in case TikTok refuses to play ball and just relocates their servers to Mexico/Canada.

The related market thinks the ban is a done deal now. Only question is if the government will have the courage to enforce it on ISPs - or if Bytedance

will divest.