TikTok, true to its word, will shut down the video app for U.S. users on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. ET. At this time, it is unclear how long TikTok will be shut down.

When a user opens the app, a message appears in the app: "Sorry, TikTok is currently unavailable." “The United States has enacted laws banning TikTok, which unfortunately means you can’t use TikTok now. Fortunately, President Trump has said that when he takes office, he will work with us on a solution to restore TikTok. Please continue focus on!"

The message includes a link to the TikTok website with the same text and informs users that they can still log in to download data. On Friday, TikTok said it would be "forced to shut down" on Sunday, January 19, unless it receives a "final statement" from the outgoing Biden administration that the app's technology partners will not Strip or - Prohibition Act.

TikTok also disappeared from the Apple App Store and the Google Play app store for Android on Saturday night. ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is also closed to U.S. users.

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Saturday that he would "most likely" extend the January 19 deadline by 90 days. But it’s unclear whether he has the legal authority to do so: The law states that to trigger a 90-day extension of the January 19 date, the US president must prove to Congress that a “relevant binding legal agreement” is in place ByteDance will divest its TikTok ownership. There are currently no known such agreements.

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by TikTok and parent company ByteDance to stop a law banning the app in the United States from Sunday unless China-based ByteDance divests its stake in the app to Not located in a country considered a “foreign adversary.”

Last year, the TikTok stripping or banning bill passed with strong support from both parties, with the House of Representatives passing it by a vote of 360 to 58 and the Senate by a vote of 79 to 18. President Biden signed the bill into law on April 24.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties consider TikTok a national security threat, on the grounds that the Chinese Communist regime could demand access to U.S. users’ data or force TikTok to promote Chinese propaganda. TikTok has repeatedly claimed that the Chinese government has never made such a request (and would not comply if it had been made), and said ByteDance is 60% owned by global investment firms.