>>> RIGHT NOW AT 11:00, THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR TIKTOK THIS EVENING AT THE CAPITOL. THE SENATE PASSED A BILL THAT COULD LEAD TO A NATIONWIDE BAN ON THE POPULAR APP. IT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND LATE TONIGHT HE SAID HE PLANS TO SIGN IT. SO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? AND WHAT WHEN COULD YOUR TIKTOK ACCOUNT GO DARK? NBC'S JOCELYN MORAN IS HERE WITH THIS BREAKING NEWS. >> Reporter: CONGRESS IS ESSENTIALLY GIVING TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY TWO OPTIONS, SO PLATFORM TO AN APPROVED BY YOUR OR CA BEEN IN THE U.S. WE TALKED TO A PROFESSOR TONIGHT WHO SAYS THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS WITH THE APP, BUT WE ALSO TALKED TO CONTENT CREATORS, WHO SAY THE APP HAS MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THEIR LIVES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK WITH U.S. IS UNCERTAIN. THE SENATE PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FORCE TIKTOK'S CHINA BASIN PARENT COMPANY, BYTEDANCE TO A U.S. BUYER, OR FACE A BAN IN THE U.S. PART OF A FOREIGN AID PACKAGE THAT WOULD DELIVER FUNDING TO ISRAEL, UKRAINE, AND TAIWAN. IT NOW GOES TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S DESK. HE RELEASED A STATEMENT TONIGHT THAT SAYS HE PLANS TO RELEASE THE STATEMENT IN JULY. BYTEDANCE HAS NINE MONTHS TO SELL, BUT THEY COULD EXTEND THAT BY ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. >> ALL THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE OTHER ROUTE, WHICH IS SUE THE GOVERNMENT, AND THAT CAN DRIVE THE CASE FOR YEARS. >> Reporter: THIS PROFESSOR SAYS THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS WITH TIKTOK, SUCH AS INFORMATION THEY ARE COLLECTING, YOUR AGE, LOCATION AND CONTACT LIST. >> ALL OF THIS CREATE SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE-- YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN, YOU KNOW, SOCIETY. >> AND WHILE OTHER APPS ON YOUR PHONE CAN COLLECT INFORMATION, HE SAYS THE DIFFERENCE IS WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA. >> THE FEARS ARE COMING FROM THE FACT THAT THE MISINFORMATION AND THE INTERFERENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ELECTION, BY POSTING YOU KNOW, FAKE VIDEO THROUGH TIKTOK, AND IT CAN SPREAD LIKE FIRE. >> Reporter: BUT SOME, HERE IN THE BAY AREA, HAVE SEEN THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON TIKTOK. MAJA STARTED POSTING TICK- TOCK'S OF HER HUSBAND A FEW YEARS AGO. THESE MOMENTS, CAPTURED BY A CAMERA, AND THEN SHARED WITH OTHERS. >> I THINK PEOPLE REALLY GRAVITATED TOWARDS SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT OF HISPANIC DESCENT KIND OF IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN THE CULTURE. >> THEY NOW HAVE 1.4 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK. IT HAS HELPED AARON GROW HIS BUSINESS AND IT HELPED THEM DURING A DIFFICULT TIME, WHEN MYRA'S FATHER UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY. THEIR FOLLOWERS HELPED PAY FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES. NOW, LIKE MANY TIKTOK USERS, THEY ARE PEN TAPE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FUTURE OF THE APP. >> I AM BIASED, BUT I THINK IT GOES AGAINST OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, LIKE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT,
