TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app used by 170 million Americans is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said.
The law signed in April considers a ban on new TikTok downloads on Apple AAPL.O or Google GOOGL.O app stores if Chinese parent ByteDance fails to divest the site.
However, if the app is banned, users attempting to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban, the people said, requesting anonymity as the matter is not public.
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“We go dark. Essentially, the platform shuts down,” TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told the Supreme Court last week.
The company also plans to give users an option to download all their data so that they can take a record of their personal information, the sources said.
The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to uphold the law and allow TikTok to be banned on Sunday, overturn the law, or pause the law to give themselves more time to make a decision.
Shutting down TikTok in the U.S. could make it unavailable for users in many other countries, the company said in a court filing last month, because hundreds of service providers in the United States help make the platform available to TikTok users around the world.
President Joe Biden last April signed a law requiring ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a nationwide ban.
In conclusion, last week, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined to uphold the law, despite calls from Trump and lawmakers to extend the deadline.
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