Both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store have been placed on standby. ISPs across the US are poised to modify DNS servers and/or reconfigure networks country-wide. VPN providers are practically salivating. The deportation of TikTok from the world’s richest economy is closing in. By the end of this week, the world will know whether TikTok has been outlawed from the US, or if parent company ByteDance has pulled off a last-gasp magic trick by either selling the US division to a non-Chinese company, or has somehow found a legal loophole that extends the January 19 deadline. At this stage, the odds are stacked heavily against any escape from extradition. The wheels are in motion for TikTok’s final dance…