The deadline for ByteDance to sell the app is just days away. A new report suggests that Washington residents are concerned about the ban.
Users were unable to access TikTok Saturday, instead seeing a pop-up message on their screens saying "a law banning TikTok has been enacted."
Users on the app were saying their goodbyes, some filming themselves frantically scrolling or sharing final secrets with their followers ahead of the possible ban.
The president-elect told NBC News that extending the deadline before TikTok is banned in the United States would be “appropriate.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.
Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok was not available in the United States on Saturday evening, shortly before a ban on the app entered force. Users received a warning message stating TikTok's services were "temporarily unavailable.
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.
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For now, TikTok’s ability to operate stateside hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court upheld the law demanding that TikTok divest from its Chinese owner or face a ban.
TikTok’s time in the United States is counting down. But Washington is only the latest government to impose restrictions on the video app.
A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a now-delayed ban on the service.