A law President Joe Biden signed in April requires TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or it will be shut down. If the Supreme Court declares the law unconstitutional before then, TikTok can continue to exist as it is today.
But TikTok hasn’t made a final decision about what will happen if the Supreme Court rules against it, according to the person with knowledge of the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity without authorization to speak publicly. Active conversations — including phone calls and meetings — were ongoing midday Wednesday, the person said.
A report Tuesday from The Information said that if the justices uphold the law, the app will go dark rather than allow people already on it to continue using it, citing two unnamed sources it said were familiar with TikTok’s plans.
Noel Francisco, an attorney for TikTok, told the Supreme Court on Friday that to his understanding, the app would “go dark” on Jan. 19 if the company lost the case. “Essentially, the platform shuts down,” Francisco said.
That is what happened in India when TikTok was banned there on June 29, 2020. Nikhil Pahwa, who founded the tech policy publication MediaNama in India, said the app shut down the night the ban went into effect.
Source: www.nbcnews.com
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