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The app says it will shut down Sunday unless the sitting president can assure tech companies that he won’t enforce the law.
With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.
Some lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden and the U.S. Supreme Court to take steps to prevent TikTok from being banned Sunday under a law they argue would come at the expense of free speech ...
TikTok said on Friday that it will "go dark" on Jan.19, the starting date of the Biden administration's ban on the app.
“Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday,” a Biden official told NBC News, noting that the administration is “exploring options” to keep TikTok from going offline.
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that would require the popular app to be sold or banned, but enforcement remains a question.
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Unless Biden is able to step in to block the enforcement of a federal ban, TikTok said that the app will "go dark" nationwide on Sunday.
TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday, January 19th if the Biden administration doesn’t intervene. The company says it will be “forced to go dark” on the 19th unless the outgoing administration provides a “definitive statement” assuring the app’s “most critical service providers” that they won’t be held liable for breaking the law.
TikTok on Friday said that the social media platform would “go dark" on Sunday without “definitive" assurance from the Biden administration that its ban will not be enforced.