TikTok Warns It Will be Forced to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday Unless President Biden Intervenes and Stops Ban [Video]

TikTok issued a warning late Friday, saying that it will shut down in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Biden’s administration guarantees companies like Apple and Google that they won’t face penalties once the ban is enforced.

The statement comes after a Supreme Court decision earlier in the day to uphold a law prohibiting TikTok in the United States on national security grounds unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests ownership. This ruling puts the widely-used short-video app on course to shut down within two days. The unanimous 9-0 ruling by the court has now left the platform, along with its staggering 170 million American users, in uncertainty.

Fate Hangs in Balance

TikTok’s future now now depends on Donald Trump, who has vowed to save the platform after resuming the presidency on Monday. “Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately …