The popular social media app went dark for millions of users Saturday night. The Chinese-owned app has been banned by federal officials.
TikTok said it will go dark Sunday without assurances of "non-enforcement" of the law effectively banning the app.
TikTok said it will be forced to go dark on January 19, the day the ban is set to take effect, without more assurances it won't be enforced.
TikTok may get a 90-day extension to save it from its imminent ban if President-Elect Donald Trump decides so.
Potential buyers for TikTok US include MrBeast, Kevin O'Leary, Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and Perplexity AI, who bid a merger instead of a sale,
"We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation," the President-elect tells Kristen Welker in a phone interview
A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing the video-sharing platform to U.S. users takes effect on Sunday.
President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying a ban less than 24 hours from when the social media app is expected to shut down.
Users were unable to access TikTok Saturday, instead seeing a pop-up message on their screens saying "a law banning TikTok has been enacted."
President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban.
TikTok, which is without Joe Biden's support, has claimed that on Sunday (January 19), they will "go dark," obliging to a United States ban; however, the White House claims their threat is just a "stunt.