TikTok issued a statement claiming it will be forced to shut down on January 19th if the Biden administration doesn't provide assurances to its service providers (including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Oracle) that they won't be held liable for breaking the law banning the app. This follows a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law, which mandates ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to divest its ownership stake. The White House stated this responsibility falls to the incoming Biden administration.
TikTok says it plans to go offline on Sunday, January 19th if the Biden administration doesn’t intervene. The company confirms earlier reporting that it will be “forced to go dark” on the 19th unless the outgoing administration provides a “definitive statement” assuring its “most critical service providers” that they won’t be held liable for breaking the law.
” “President Biden’s position on TikTok has been clear for months, including since Congress sent a bill in overwhelming, bipartisan fashion to the President’s desk: TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law,” the White House said in a statement on Friday.
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