Fee titles enter its presence in , as the popular platform will cease to be available in the country. “Unfortunately TikTok will be forced to close on 19 January,” announced the popular platform in X yesterday (17.01.2025) Friday night, unless “Joe Biden’s government guarantees that the law will not be applied” that predicts the ban on the instrument in the US. CORVERSE The White House refused to comment on the announcement. TikTok has been battling law for months adopted by Congress in March 2024, which requires the parent company of the ByteDance platform to sell its assets to the US until 19 January 2025 or otherwise suspend its activities in the country. The Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s appeal, which had asked him to block the implementation of the legislation. “There is no doubt that for more than 170 million Americans TikTok offers an important way of expressing, interacting and joining a community,” the nine Supreme Court judges said in their unanimous decision. CORVERSE “But Congress considered it necessary to ban him in order to respond to his legitimate concerns about national security,” they added. What the ban provides The federal ban that enters into force from 19 January provides that new users will be prohibited from downloading TikTok’s application from Apple or Google’s online stores. However, existing users will still have access to this, although the services provided to them are expected to be gradually limited and eventually stopped, as other companies will be prohibited from supporting TikTok. The White House estimated that “the implementation of the law is up to the next government, which takes office on Monday”, Karin Zan’s representative said- Pierre. The US justice ministry on the other hand noted on Friday that it would take time to implement the law, raising questions about its short-term effects. TikTok however estimated that these communications “did not offer the necessary clarity and assurance to service providers who play an integral role in maintaining TikTok’s availability for more than 170 million Americans”. In favor of TikTok Trump Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he wants the platform to remain available in the US and even addressed the Supreme Court with this request, but in vain. Yesterday he stressed that he “respects” the Supreme Court’s decision, but added that it “needs time” to “make a decision on TikTok” promising that this will happen “in the not too distant future. But I must have time to examine the situation. Stand by!”. The Republican swearing US president Monday pointed out that he referred to the matter of TikTok in his phone communication yesterday (17.01.2020) with Chinese President Shi Jinping. Besides, Su Chiu platform head is among the guests to Trump’s inauguration. ‘Thank the President Trump for his commitment to work with us in order to find a solution that will allow TikTok to remain available in the US,” Su Chiu said in a video he posted yesterday on the platform. “We will put in place measures to prevent TikTok from being shut down” in the US, Republican MP Mike Walsh who Trump has chosen for National Security Advisor assured on Thursday.
Finally TikTok in the US: Downloads “roll” in the country after Sunday
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