A Texas man seen using a baby to clear snow off of a car in a viral TikTok video is now being investigated by police, news outlets report. Police in Port Arthur were made aware of the video by a member of the community who was angered by what they saw, KFDM reported. Port Arthur is a roughly 90-mile drive east from Houston.
The man is accused of using a baby to brush the snow off a car earlier this week, during the winter storm that swept through Southeast Texas.
TikTok will go dark Sunday for roughly 170 million users due to a proposed ban in the U.S, which a majority of Texas politicians have backed.
As a TikTok ban looms this weekend, a family that has one of Texas' most well-known accounts on the app said they "aren't losing sleep over it" but they're frustrated by what's to come.   "It’s not the end of the world for us but we don’t want it to go,
TikTok users around the country are saying their goodbyes. On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban the popular social media app on Sunday, unless the Chinese company that owns it finds a U.S. buyer. The app has 170 million users in the U.S. — including 16-year-old Marium Zahra.
A likely TikTok ban is on the horizon. Here's what some politicians have had to say about the controversial app.
U.S. officials have long feared that the widely popular short-form video app could be used as a vehicle for espionage.
The shutdown follows legislation passed last year requiring TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company or face a U.S. ban. While the service has been restored, both Apple and Google continue to block new downloads from their app stores at this time.
North Texas TikTok creators face uncertainty as the Supreme Court upholds a ban, raising fears over livelihoods, security concerns and starting over.
TikTok's shutdown and restart left many uncertain about the future of the app they use to attract new customers and stretch a positive impact on strangers.
If the ban does go into effect, TikTok likely wouldn't disappear overnight. The app would no longer be available in mobile app stores, but users who already have it downloaded on their phones would still have access.
The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump.