Lydia Ho FOX Business to Varney & Co. As users and creators prepare for a possible ban, report the latest news from the TikTok ban.
TikTok is reportedly preparing to shut down Americans' access to the popular video app over the weekend, barring a handover or last-minute intervention. Supreme Court.
Several media reported that TikTok is owned by this company China-based ByteDanceis preparing plans to “immediately” halt U.S. operations on Sunday, the day the company is required to close under a law passed by Congress last year.
Congress passed legislation last year that would have required China-based ByteDance to divest its popular short-form video app TikTok in the US or face a ban. (Reuters/Dado Rovic/File photo/Reuters)
The law gave TikTok nine months to either exit ByteDance or be removed from the US. Application stores And hosting services for users who have downloaded TikTok can theoretically still use the app, except that the law also bars U.S. companies from Sunday from providing services to enable distribution, maintenance or updates. It prohibits.
The US Supreme Court is deciding whether to uphold the law and allow TikTok to be banned on Sunday, overturn the law or stay the law to give the court more time to make a decision.
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President-elect Trump, whose term begins a day after the ban begins, is considering issuing an executive order to suspend implementation of the shutdown for 60 to 90 days, the Washington Post reported.
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“TikTok itself is a wonderful platform,” Trump's new national security adviser said. Mike Waltz told Fox News Wednesday “We'll find a way to keep that, but protect people's data.”
The New York Times reported separately that the TikTok CEO had been invited to attend the president-elect's inauguration and sit in the “seat of honor.”
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President Biden has no plans to intervene to prevent the ban in the final days of his presidency if the Supreme Court does not act, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that Biden would be legally able to intervene. In the absence of a valid ByteDance plan to divest TikTok, it is not.
However, an NBC report later said the Biden administration was considering options to keep the social media platform available to users after Sunday in an attempt to delay a decision on Trump, who will be inaugurated on Monday.
“Americans should not expect TikTok to be suddenly banned on Sunday,” a government official told the network.
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If the app is banned, TikTok says users who try to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban and demanding They remain anonymous because it is not a public issue.
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TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told the Supreme Court last week: “We're going dark. Basically, the platform is shutting down.”
According to the sources, the company also plans to allow users to download all their data so that they can record their personal information.
Reuters contributed to this report.