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the apple and google It removed TikTok from its app stores on Saturday night, complying with a law that sees China’s ByteDance take down the social app or face an effective ban in the US.
The removal of TikTok from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store means that people in the US can no longer download the popular short-form video app on their devices. Removing the app On Friday, the Supreme Court unanimously approved the Foreign Adversarial Controlled Apps Act, which the president. Joe Biden signed in April TikTok on Friday said its service it would get darkthat is, he would stop working for the Americans unless the Biden administration intervened.
In Apple’s App Store, a message saying “The app is not available” appears on TikTok’s previous app installation page.
“This app is not currently available in your country or region,” the message read.
“Sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server,” read a message on the TikTok page pre-hosted on the Google Play Store.
Some users who visited TikTok’s app and website on Saturday were greeted with a message that read, “Sorry, TikTok is currently unavailable.”
“A law banning TikTok has been implemented in the US, unfortunately this means you can’t use TikTok for now,” the statement said. “We are happy that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to restore TikTok when he takes office. Please stay tuned!”
Lemon8, another ByteDance-owned service, displayed a notice informing users that it was unavailable in the US. The app recently shot up the charts, becoming one of the most popular free apps on iOS.
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TikTok suspended its app service in the US on Saturday.
The law requires service providers to no longer support TikTok in the US unless ByteDance makes a “qualified divestment” of the app by Sunday. As a result, Apple, Google and Oracle could face severe penalties for not complying with the law. Apple and Google previously distributed the app through their respective app stores, while Oracle provides cloud computing services to TikTok and he said in June the law would hurt his business.
After the Supreme Court’s decision, TikTok CEO Shou Chew he said that using TikTok is a First Amendment right and added that more than 7 million American companies use it to make money and find customers.
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“Rest assured, we will do everything in our power to ensure that our platform grows as your online home for endless creativity and discovery, as well as a source of inspiration and joy for years to come,” said Chew. A TikTok video.
Chew also thanked President-elect Donald Trump earlier he asked to the Supreme Court suspend the implementation of the law and gives his administration “an opportunity to obtain a political settlement of the questions at issue in the case.” It’s Chew attendance is expected Trump’s inauguration Monday in Washington, along with tech leaders Meta, AmazonApple and Google.
Trump arrived in Washington on Saturday afternoon. His transition team did not immediately respond to the TikTok shutdown. Trump said Friday that the Supreme Court’s decision was expected “and everybody should respect it.”
“My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I need time to review the situation. Stay tuned!” Trump he wrote in a message on its social media app Truth Social.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admitted on Saturday that TikTok’s statement would go dark and described it as “hypocrisy”.
“We have explained our position clearly and directly: the actions to apply this law will be left to the next administration,” said Jean-Pierre. “So TikTok and other companies should take all the concerns with them.”
Trump say NBC News said on Saturday that it would “probably” grant TikTok a 90-day extension to Sunday’s deadline, and that it would “probably” announce a decision on Monday.
“I think that would certainly be an option that we look at,” Trump said in the phone interview. “The 90-day extension is something that will probably be done because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation.”
AI startup Perplexity on Saturday unveiled a bid for TikTok that would combine the AI-powered search engine startup with TikTok’s US operations and new equity partner CNBC. notify.
Internet promotion group of businessman Frank McCourt Freedom project announced on January 9 that it had submitted a proposal to buy TikTok from ByteDance on undisclosed terms. McCourt told CNBC on Friday that “we are, I think, the only bidder” that meets the necessary criteria to separate the technology from the Chinese algorithm.
