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TikTok said its services will be shut down on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it will not punish Apple, Google and other service providers if they support the application.
“Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers by ensuring non-compliance, TikTok will unfortunately be forced to shut down on January 19,” TikTok said. in a statement on Friday.
The statement said TikTok’s American user base, which the company says exceeds 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or website on Sunday.
TikTok issued the statement after the The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday to defend a law requiring service providers to no longer support its app within the US if parent company ByteDance does not carry out a “qualified divestiture” of the app by Sunday. As a result, Apple, Google and Oracle They could face severe penalties if they do not comply with the law.
“The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to service providers who are essential to keeping TikTok available to more than 170 million Americans,” TikTok said in its statement.
However, Biden’s term ends on Monday, when the president-elect donald trump He begins his second term in the White House. Trump, who previously supported banning TikTok, later changed his mind on the matter. In December, Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause the implementation of the law and allow his administration “the opportunity to seek a political resolution of the issues at issue in the case.”
In a Friday post on his social media app Truth Social, Trump wrote: “My decision on TikTok will be made in the not-too-distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!”
Earlier Friday, the Biden administration issued a statement saying that TikTok “should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership.”
“Given the mere fact of the moment, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law must simply fall to the next Administration, which will take office on Monday,” the statement said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco, his deputy, said in a release that the decision “allows the Department of Justice to prevent the Chinese government from using TikTok as a weapon to undermine the national security of the United States.”
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