TikTok says its service will shut down on Sunday, with no guarantee from Biden administration that there will be no penalties apple, Google and other service providers if they support the application.

"TikTok will be forced to shut down on January 19 unless the Biden administration provides an immediate and clear statement to satisfy the most critical service providers and ensure that they are not implemented," TikTok said in a statement on Friday.

The statement noted that TikTok's U.S. user base, which the company claims exceeds 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or website on Sunday.

Posted by TikTok after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday to uphold a law requiring TikTok to no longer support its app in the United States if parent company ByteDance fails to conduct a "qualified divestiture" of the app by Sunday. made the above statement. As a result, Apple, Google and Oracle If they fail to comply with the law, they may face severe penalties.

TikTok said in a statement: “Today’s announcement from the Biden White House and Department of Justice fails to provide necessary clarity and assurance to service providers that are critical to maintaining TikTok’s availability to more than 170 million Americans. "

However, Biden's term will end on Monday, when President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House. Trump, who previously supported banning TikTok, later took an unusual stance on the matter. In December, Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt the law and allow his administration "an opportunity to pursue a political solution to the issues in this case."

Trump wrote in a post on his social media app Truth Social on Friday, "I will make a decision regarding TikTok in the near future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!"

Earlier on Friday, the Biden administration issued a statement saying TikTok "should remain available to Americans, but solely owned by the United States."

"Given the timing, this administration recognizes that action to implement this law must fall to the next administration that takes office on Monday," the statement said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and his deputy Lisa Monaco said in a press release that the decision "enables the Justice Department to stop the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTok to disrupt National Security of the United States.”

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