JAKARTA The ban on the enactment of TikTok in the US should have taken effect on Sunday, January 19. However, US President Joe Biden's administration has postponed its ban and handed over the fate of TikTok to Donald Trump.
Although it seems profitable, this statement was not well received by TikTok. ByteDance's subsidiary plans to continue to close the company's operations on a predetermined date. This was done because the government's statement was still unclear.
Neither the White House nor the Department of Justice (DOJ), both did not clarify the position of service providers during the ban. Apple and Google are included in the service provider section for distributing TikTok on the App Store and Play Store.
In addition, Amazon and Oracle are also part of service providers for providing Web hosting for TikTok. Some time ago, the government had stated that all service providers had to remove TikTok from their app stores or websites.
This rule is not clarified in a White House statement so TikTok still feels disadvantaged. Therefore, TikTok decided to close its platform on the last day of Biden's term.
"The statements issued today by the Biden White House and DOJ have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurances to service providers that are an important part of maintaining TikTok's availability," the platform wrote on Saturday, January 18.
TikTok also stressed that they will continue to operate on Sunday if the Biden administration provides a clearer statement regarding the actions of service providers. The government must 'guarantee there is no law enforcement' for service providers.
It seems that this action was taken to show the impact of closing TikTok in the country. It is unclear whether this action is still being highlighted by the local community because many TikTok users have switched to the RedNote app.
In fact, TikTok is not really banned in the US. The platform only needs to comply with divestment rules by breaking away from ByteDance. According to the US government, the Chinese government can misuse TikTok user data in the US so that this rule is made.
However, TikTok continues to insist that they are not regulated by anyone, including the Chinese government. Even user data was not channeled to China, but the US government and some people did not believe the claims.
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