TikTok is now officially going bust in the United States as a federal ban on the app is set to go into effect on January 19. Around 6 p.m. Pacific time, the app began notifying people including the US the verge employee, with a message stating that the ban would “make our services temporarily unavailable.” The message further said, “We are working to restore our service in the US as quickly as possible,” an outcome that will require some form of action by the incoming Trump administration.
company warned on friday If the Biden administration doesn't promise to delay enforcing the law's penalties on TikTok's service providers like Apple and Google, it will be forced to go dark, costing thousands per US user once the ban is implemented. A dollar fine may be imposed. In response, the Biden administration said it had already exceeded enforcement responsibilities on the Trump administration And called it a threat of TikTok going offline A “stunt.”
Trump – who himself initiated the debate over the TikTok ban during his first term – has indicated that he plans to extend the ban's deadline by 90 days via an executive order after he is sworn in on January 20. are, although it is not clear what they mean. Will use a provision in the law that allows a delay pending the sale, or will still have that option after the ban goes into effect. TikTok users are very worriedOf course – although none of them are pressuring the company to sell as much as they are pressuring politicians of both parties to repeal the ban.