TikTok on Friday confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban that’s scheduled to go into immediate effect.
Recall that President Joe Biden signed a law in April that required TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or face a shutdown.
Congress had passed the legislation last year with strong bipartisan support, with many who voted in favor of the law saying they had concerns regarding data and national security because of China’s involvement with the app.
The Supreme Court in a ruling on Friday said; “TikTok’s scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government’s national security concerns.”
 However the outgoing administration stated that it was leaving enforcement of the TikTok ban in the hands of the Trump administration.
The company owned by ByteDance, which is based in China, not knowing which tune to dance to via a post on X stated: “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 American.
“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,” it added.
On Friday, TikTok CEO Shou Chew thanked President-elect Donald Trump for supporting the company’s efforts to remain available to U.S. users.
Chew was invited by the president-elect’s team to his inauguration on Monday and is expected to attend and sit with other tech executives.
In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote, “The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!”