TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday in the US Following Supreme Court Decision

The Supreme Court upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday after hearing an appeal by the company last week.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Friday, TikTok announced that its platform would “go dark” for its 170 million U.S. users on Sunday due to a federal ban stemming from concerns over its Chinese ownership posing a potential threat to U.S. national security.

The Supreme Court upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday after hearing an appeal by the company last week.

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ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app this weekend.

In a statement shared on its website and X, the company said, “Unfortunately, TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19”  unless the Biden administration assures Apple, Google, and other companies that they will not be punished for delivering TikTok’s services in the United States.

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