TikTok has said it will be forced to ”go dark” in the US on Sunday unless the government intervenes before a ban takes effect.
In a statement late on Friday, it said the White House and the Department of Justice had ”failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok’s availability”.
It said that unless the government immediately stepped in to assure the video app it would not be punished for violating the looming ban, it would be ”forced to go dark on January 19”.
The statement follows a Supreme Court ruling earlier on Friday which upheld a law banning the app in the US unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the platform by Sunday.
Källa: TikTok says it will ’go dark’ in ban if US government does not intervene