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TikTok says app will ‘go dark’ for American users on Sunday unless Biden administration intervenes
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Trump’s national security adviser signaled this week that the incoming administration may take steps to “keep TikTok from going dark,” though what that looks like remains unclear.
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The political battle over TikTok heads for a showdown this weekend when a law effectively banning the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. will go into effect unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
TikTok says it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.
Trump’s national security adviser signaled this week that the incoming administration may take steps to “keep TikTok from going dark,” though what that looks like remains unclear.
TikTok is expected to go 'dark' on Sunday for its 170 million U.S. users after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring its parent ByteDance sell the platform or face a ban in the country.
TikTok said its services will go dark Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for the app’s service...
The company statement came hours after TikTok CEO Shou Chew thanked President-elect Donald Trump for supporting the company’s efforts to remain available to...
After the US Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok if it's not sold by Sunday, the company said it would "go dark" in the US if app providers were not protected from legal action.
The Supreme Court has upheld a law banning TikTok in the U.S. starting Jan. 19, unless the popular social media platform cuts ties with its China-based parent company. Here's what to know.
The incoming Trump administration and the Biden administration went back and forth Saturday over the status of TikTok and whether a ban of the service would take place, after the video app said that it would be forced to “go dark” on Sunday when a federal law takes effect.
TikTok on Friday said that it planned to go dark this weekend as its ban goes into effect without more clarity on whether the White House plans to enforce it before President-elect Trump takes office.
WASHINGTON -- TikTok said it will have to "go dark" this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent…
TikTok is set to "go dark" on Sunday for its 170 million American users after the Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban the app that same day in the United States.
TikTok said it will be "forced to go dark" on Jan. 19 unless it receives a "definitive statement" from the Biden administration that the app's tech partners won't be penalized under the divest-or-ban bill.
The statement came hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it.
