A ban on TikTok in the United States is closer than ever, with the entry into force of a law requiring Chinese parent company ByteDance to stop investing in the entertainment platform. If you have a Google Play or App Store registered in the US on your smartphone, you are probably afraid that the application will disappear. It is not, but we will tell you how to download your videos and data from the app.
In letters sent to Google and Apple, the House of Representatives explains that the rules “make it illegal to provide services to distribute, support, or update any application controlled by a foreign adversary (including any source code of such application) through a marketplace (including online mobile application store)”.
That is why it is believed that The TikTok app will no longer be available in virtual stores for new downloads and updates in the United States. Most of the new features launch first in countries like the United States, which has 170 million TikTok users, before reaching the rest of the world.
This measure can also affect foreign users who have a smartphone with Google Play and/or App Store registered in the United States, since the app stores are configured according to the location of the mobile phone owner.
If this is your case, you will need to change the location of your virtual store in the app settings and/or add a new Google Play and/or App Store account registered in Peru for future app updates.
Without new updates, TikTok app may not work properly on your mobile phone. Therefore, it is very important to download data and videos from your TikTok profile.
Continue These are the steps to upload your TikTok content:
A copy of the data can be created taking into account all the videos and information related to your TikTok profile, or you can also download your personal information, followers, accounts you are subscribed to, messages (videos), activity (likes, comments, favorites and history) ), as well as direct messages sent and received.
Data can be written in TXT (text file) or JSON format so that other services can import your information. In Settings, select “Data Request” and then go to the “Download Data” tab when the document is ready.
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Published: 01/13/2025