CARLSBAD, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The clock is ticking for the popular social media platform, TikTok. In a statement released Friday night, the app says users can expect TikTok to go dark on Jan. 19 unless the Biden administration provides clarity about its future. This potential shut down has been a hot topic for the last few weeks as TikTok users and creators wait to see whether or not they can continue using the app, but it seems no progress is being made to divest the platform from its Chinese parent company Bytedance, so millions of users across the country are watching and creating their final videos. A lot of work goes into making a viral video happen. “Girl, I made this,” Lauren Cella, a history teacher and TikTok creator said, showing the wig she made to film another 'Gen Z teaches history.' This may be one of the last videos Cella posts on TikTok. “I was pretty convinced that I was too old for something like that," she said. "I never had a chance of going viral. I was too cringey, but it was actually my students, my high school students, who told me that stuff’s fun, but actually a lot of us go on here to learn.” Cella went viral on the social media platform while teaching history at Mcfarland High School in Kern County. “It is a bit satirical. It is supposed to be funny, but it’s really just how I relate to my students in the classroom," she said. "It’s really what all teachers do is breaking down history in a way that the students can really understand.” She blew up for her 'Gen Z teaches history' series where she explains historical events using slang. San Diego’s first cannabis lounge opening soon Now teaching middle schoolers in San Diego, the app has given her the opportunity to educate them and her 158.4K followers about current and historic events. “I’ve had a captive audience the last week," Cella said when asked about how she teaches her students about the potential ban. "They’re so interested in, ‘Wait, can the president save it? Wait, what happened with the House?’” More than 170 million Americans scroll through the platform for sometimes hours watching anything from educational videos like Cella’s to viral dances and so much more, but in a unanimous decision on Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban unless the Chinese parent company Bytedance sells the app. “This will become another pawn in the economic negotiations between the U.S. and China," said Peter Cowhey, a professor at University of California San Diego. He says the dispute stems from concerns the Chinese government could use American data for blackmail or skew American opinions in favor of Chinese interests through the algorithm. “I would expect there is a betting in Las Vegas that we will be without TikTok for at least some number of days even if a potential deal is possible down the line,” he added. In a statement posted on X, TikTok says “Unless the Biden administration provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on Jan. 19.” “Maybe I’m delusion or delulu as the kids would say, but I’m still pretty hopeful," Cella said when asked how the ban would impact her. Despite its looming shutdown, opinions seem divided with the Pew Research Center reporting only 32% of Americans support the ban. “The people that want to hear your voice, they found you once. They’ll find it again," Cella said. She says she’ll continue posting her videos on Instagram, and Cowhey believes most users will revert to other social media sites like Instagram and Youtube. He even says some have turned to Rednote, another Chinese-owned social media platform.