Chinese officials are reportedly exploring a backup plan for TikTok after the Supreme Court appeared unlikely to save it from a US ban. With TikTok’s legal options nearly exhausted, multiple news outlets are reporting that China is considering an option it previously said it wouldn’t: letting ByteDance sell the app.

Ahead of the highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision about whether TikTok will be banned in the United States, users, content creators and some politicians are mulling over last-ditch measures to save the popular video app.

TikTok has until Jan. 19 to divest from its China-based parent company, one day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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