TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark on January 19 unless the company is given more clarity from the Biden Administration and Department of Justice regarding the ban that is scheduled to go into effect.
banning the platform was expected to go into effect. Users who tried to access the app were greeted with a pop-up message on their screens saying "a law banning TikTok has been enacted."President Joe Biden signed a law in April that required TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or face a shutdown. His administration said it's leaving enforcement of the banDuring his first term, President elect Donald Trump unsuccessfully tried to ban TikTok.
Instead, they said they want to see a delay to allow TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, more time to sell the app to a U.S. buyer.that it needs more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban that’s scheduled to go into effect today. But on Saturday evening, Lemon8, as well other Bytedance-owned apps Capcut and Gauth, were also unavailable to many U.S. users.
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