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The White House called on Saturday TikTok statement warning that Sunday will “go dark” unless President Biden pulls a “trick,” arguing that the app doesn’t have to. take action before President-elect Trump’s inauguration.
“We’ve seen TikTok’s most recent statement. It’s a trick, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take action in the coming days before the Trump Administration takes office on Monday,” wrote outgoing press secretary Karine Jean -Pierre in a statement on Saturday.
“We have made our position clear and simple: Actions to implement this law will fall to the next administration,” he added. “So TikTok and other companies should take any concerns with them.”
TikTok wrote that “the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide necessary clarity and security to service providers” in a statement, after the Supreme Court chose Friday to maintain the law that will ban the US application unless it is sold by a Chinese parent company.
The nation’s highest courtalongside the Biden administrationdays before Trump’s inauguration, finding the divestment or ban law does not violate the First Amendment and lifting a ban that will take effect Sunday.
The White House friday he said banning TikTok will fall to the Trump administration, and the president-elect said he would weigh the future of the application when in office.
Biden signedbipartisan billpassed by Congress last April, which gave TikTok’s parent company ByteDance 270 days to divest from the app or face a ban from US app stores.
