TikTok warned that its services will be unavailable in the US starting Sunday if the Biden administration does not provide a guarantee that it won't punish app providers for continuing to support TikTok. The warning comes after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the US. TikTok claims to have over 170 million American users.
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for Apple, Google and other service providers.
The statement indicates that TikTok's American userbase, which the company claims is over 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or website on Sunday. The statement indicates that TikTok's American users base, which the company claims is over 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or website on Sunday.to uphold a law requiring that service providers no longer support its app within the U.S. if parent company ByteDance fails to carry out a"qualified divestiture" of the app by Sunday.
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