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TikTok says it will "go dark" on Sunday without "definitive" assurance from the Biden administration that its ban will not be enforced.
"The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans," TikTok said in a statement posted to X.
It continued, "Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19."
The White House this week said that President Joe Biden was not planning to enforce the ban, and that it would be up to President-elect Trump, who takes office Monday.
The President-elect told CNN on Friday that TikTok’s future "ultimately goes up to me" despite the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a federal law banning the app unless it's sold.
'"It ultimately goes up to me, so you're going to see what I'm going to do,' Trump tells me in a brief phone call," Brown posted on X.