TikTok said it would “go dark” on Sunday unless President Joe Biden’s administration offered assurance that it would not enforce a ban upheld Friday by the Supreme Court for the app’s U.S. operations to be sold or booted over “national security concerns.
TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular social media app for millions of Americans.
The White House has looked into options to keep TikTok accessible to its 170 million American users if a ban that is set to go into effect Sunday continues as planned.
President Joe Biden is reportedly not planning to enforce TikTok’s ban on Jan. 19, and is opting to leave the fate of the app in President-elect Donald Trump’s hands. Speaking on condition of anonymity,
A ban on the popular app is set to start Sunday, although the Supreme Court could rule anytime on whether to uphold it.
President-elect Donald Trump, who once called to ban TikTok, has since pledged to keep it available in the U.S.
The Biden administration doesn't plan to take action that forces TikTok to immediately go dark for U.S. users on Sunday, an administration official told ABC News.
The extraordinary developments for one of America’s most popular social media apps over this weekend will be one for the history books. The banning — and unbanning — of TikTok involved actions from a former president,
Biden won't enforce the TikTok ban set for Sunday, January 19, his last day in office. It will be up to the Trump administration to enforce the law.
As a ban looms over the social media app and its 170 million users, TikTok said it will be “forced to go dark” on Sunday unless the Biden administration explicitly declares that it will not enforce the ban.