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TikTok Says It Will Go Dark Sunday Without More Clarity From Biden Administration, DOJ
TikTok said it needs more clarity from the Biden administration and the DOJ on its status as of this Sunday or it will be forced to go dark.
The bipartisan Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, based in national security concerns, was signed into law by President Biden last year and gave TikTok until Sunday to sell itself to a U.S. entity or be banned. There is a lot riding on this — for TikTok’s creators, its big advertising dollars, its cultural currency and U.S. relations with China and, according to the law, national security. “We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform, one who has used TikTok to express his own thoughts and perspectives, connecting with the world and generating more than 60 billion views of his content in the process,” he said.
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