a platform that contributes $24 billion to the u.s. economy annually. >> a tiktok ban would absolutely affect the millions of americans that use tiktok to kill time, to watch dance videos, but the real hard part would be for the people who are making those videos. the people who earn their income by either sponsored or add content. >> so, i asked about what exactly it is that tiktok would be selling if it were to sell the tiktok app and the high level tech explanation that i got is that there is an algorithm that is a part of tiktok that is a special sauce and the question becomes does bytedance sell the pasta without the sauce? would anyone want to buy that? does it give away the proprietary algorithm that makes tiktok so special? that something that is yet to be seen. we also know that if in fact after a years time there is not a sale that is coming or has happened already that we could see a band happen here in the united states and whoever's present at that time, whether it is president biden or if trump wins the election they have to deal with the fallout among yo -- young voters and