Alaskan influencers react after SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban [Video]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban the social media platform TikTok, just one week after hearing arguments from owners of the application who oppose the ban.

The decision was released Friday, just two days before the ban would take effect.

TikTok is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance. If ByteDance doesn’t sell to an American business by Sunday, it will be illegal for U.S. internet hosting services and app stores to distribute the TikTok app.

John Derting is an Alaskan with more than 4.6 million followers on TikTok. He takes viewers on trips to remote parts of Alaska and the world — drinking crystal clear glacial water and showcasing cool caverns.

That just scratches the surface of what he shares on TikTok and other social media platforms.

In an interview with Alaska’s News Source, Derting said that he isn’t too concerned with the possibility of a TikTok ban in …