Are phones with TikTok worth thousands? eBay listings spike after ban [Video]

Those who didn’t delete the app from their phones after it was delisted are now the only people in the U.S. who have access to it.

Listings have been popping up on eBay this week for iPhones and Android phones that still have the popular app installed, representing high demand for the delisted app.

The Supreme Court upheld a law last week that banned app stores from carrying the social media app because of its supposed connections to the Chinese government, unless its parent company sold any U.S. operations to an American operator.

Although neither Presidents Joe Biden or Donald Trump indicated they would enforce the law immediately, app stores like the one operated by Apple removed the app to comply with the law, meaning that it is no longer available to download, even if the user has downloaded it previously.

On Sunday, a day before Trump’s inauguration, the app, …

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