How a TikTok ban could affect content creators right here in Ohio [Video]

CLEVELAND — Could TikTok be banned in the U.S.? President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that states “Byte Dance,” the owners of the China-based app, must sell the platform, or it will be banned in the U.S. If that happens, users in Cleveland who rely on the app for business, community and more could be affected.

TikTok is used for all kinds of things: food, travel or even some simple Ohio banter; all it takes is for one video to go viral, and business accounts like East 81^st Deli’s will go from 10,000 followers to 300,000.

“East 81st Deli is the home of the chicken salad; we call it the tik tok salad,” said Wael Herbawi, the Owner of East 81st Deli.

Wael posted a video of a customer eating and reacting to their infamous chicken salad on their TikTok account @81stdeli, and just like that, customers were lined up out the door and coming from out …