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It was unclear whether TikTok would still be available in US app stores on Sunday, with the company arguing that the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden must provide “definitive” assurances that it will not impose the ban.
on Friday, The Supreme Court upheld the law This would effectively ban TikTok in the US unless ByteDance, the app’s owner, sells it. TikTok would disappear from app stores on Sunday, January 19, as sales are unlikely to happen two days before the law goes into effect.
That is, the day before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the future president asked the Supreme Court postponed the ban so he could “negotiate a resolution to save the platform.” While the court did not agree to a delay, the Biden administration also seemed inclined to leave TikTok’s fate in Trump’s hands.
In statement on friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden’s position has not changed, which is that “TikTok should remain available to Americans, it should simply remain under American ownership or other ownership that addresses national security concerns as determined by Congress.” However, given the timing, Jean-Pierre said, “actions to implement the law should simply be attributed to the next Administration.”
Likewise, Statement of the Ministry of Justice Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco suggested that “the next phase of this effort — implementing and ensuring compliance with the law once it goes into effect on Jan. 19 — will be an ongoing process.”
However, TikTok responded with a statement of his own It suggested that this was not enough for the company and app stores to continue offering the TikTok app. According to TikTok, Biden and the DOJ “failed to provide the necessary clarity and certainty to service providers who are integral to keeping TikTok available to more than 170 million Americans.”
The company added: “Unfortunately, TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19th unless the Biden Administration makes an immediate and definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers ensuring that it is not implemented.”
