TikTok said it would be “forced to go dark” on Sunday if the Biden administration does not issue a “definitive” assurance to its service providers that the U.S. government will not enforce a law requiring the company to divest or stop operation in the United States.
“The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok’s availability to over 170 million Americans,” the company said in a statement on Jan. 18.
The move came after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier on Friday to uphold a ban on the social media platform from app stores unless TikTok’s owner ByteDance divests the social media app’s U.S. assets by Sunday….