The popular social media app is facing a possible ban in the United States if a law requiring its Chinese owner to part ways with the platform goes into effect this Sunday. "I'm losing out on a whole other stream of income,

Experts have said the app will not disappear from existing users’ phones once the law takes effect Sunday, but TikTok said it would shut down the platform in the United States by the deadline.

TikTok is facing a possible ban in the United States, and Philadelphia-area content creators are bracing for the fallout. Meanwhile, an expert says the app poses a national security risk.

"Big John," as it was affectionately nicknamed, was decommissioned in 2007 and has been in Philadelphia ever since.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy started its final voyage this week with an end destination set for Brownsville, Texas. The ship had been out of service since 2007 and spent the past nearly 18 years at the Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia.

The retired USS John F. Kennedy​ aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia.