Kansas City's TikTokkers brace for a ban

By Nomin Ujiyediin,

Olivia Hewitt

Published January 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM CST

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What's at stake for Kansas City content creators if the popular social media app TikTok gets banned? The internet is watching an impending U.S. Supreme Court decision closely, and wondering what the Trump administration might do.

KCUR's Brian Ellison talks with @Andr3wsky, and twins Luke and Paul Harwerth of @twinsauce, about how the ban would affect their income and their community.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Olivia Hewitt and KCUR Studios, and edited by Lisa Rodriguez and Gabe Rosenberg.

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Nomin Ujiyediin

As a newscaster and a host of a daily news podcast, I want to deliver the most important and interesting news of the day in an engaging and easily understandable way. No matter where you live in the metro or what you’re interested in, I want you to learn something from each newscast or podcast – and maybe even give you something to talk about at the dinner table.

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Olivia Hewitt

Olivia is the 2024-2025 KCUR Studios intern. Email her at ohewitt@kcur.org

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