As the CEO of TikTok prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday about security and privacy concerns, the popular short-video app’s future in the US remains uncertain. The Biden administration has demanded that the Chinese-owned app be sold or else face a national ban due to national security risks. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, relies on Chinese government approval to operate, and concerns have been mounting around TikTok's alarming history around user data protection. A class-action lawsuit, which contends that the app sends private, personally identifiable data and biometrics to third parties without user consent, settled for one of the largest payouts in the history of privacy lawsuits ($92 million) in 2021. The FBI and Justice Department are also investigating ByteDance for using the app to surveil American citizens, including journalists. Although the US, UK, Canada, and European Union have already banned TikTok on government devices, the app remains extremely popular, counting more than 150 million active monthly users in the US alone. However, banning the app raises significant 1st Amendment concerns, and TikTok has already survived a previous ban attempt by the US government.