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What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google's app store on Sunday?
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, clears way for app to shut down in U.S. as soon as Sunday
Will TikTok be banned this weekend? What to know after Supreme Court's decision
Update: Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. Read more. The start of the weekend marks two days until the social media platform TikTok could be banned in the United States. TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has until Sunday to sell the platform under federal legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden last spring.
The Chinese-owned company said it will cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they will not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.
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.
Even with any assurances from Donald Trump, companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle would be taking a risk by not complying with the TikTok ban.
The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.
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 Supreme Court has upheld the federal law banning TikTok unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company
The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.
The Supreme Court upheld the ruling that could ban TikTok on Sunday, but “TikTok refugees” across the country are already finding new platforms.
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday unless the Biden Administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for Apple, Google and other service providers. “Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement,
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.
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