TikTok stated that it would be forced to shut down its service in the US on January 19th if the Biden administration doesn't provide further assurances regarding the ban scheduled to take effect that day. The company claims that statements from the White House and Department of Justice haven't provided sufficient clarity for service providers crucial to TikTok's operation. This comes after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a shutdown. While some US lawmakers have suggested delaying the ban to allow TikTok to find a US buyer, the outgoing Biden administration has stated they will leave enforcement to the Trump administration. Meanwhile, Trump has expressed his intention to make a decision on TikTok in the near future.
TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban that’s scheduled to go into effect that day.
lawmakers have suggested they want to delay the ban to allow the app to have more time to find a U.S. buyer. The Supreme Court upheld the law in a ruling that came Friday, saying, “TikTok’s scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government’s national security concerns.” NBC News had previously reported that the app has been preparing to “go dark” as a last resort.
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