The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.According to The New York Times, the Chinese-owned company TikTok has threatened to cut off its services unless the U.S. government assures Apple, Google, and other companies that they will not be punished for hosting and distributing the app. This comes after the Trump administration and the incoming Biden administration have gone back and forth over the fate of TikTok, with President-elect Donald J. Trump stating that he will most likely give the company a 90-day extension once he takes office on Monday. However, the White House press secretary has called TikTok’s claim of going dark a “stunt,” and the company has called on the Biden administration to ensure that technology companies will not be punished for delivering TikTok’s services in the U.S. Despite these statements, the fate of TikTok remains uncertain as the company continues to pressure the government for a reprieve from a law that would effectively ban its service starting Sunday. This law, upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, states that app stores and major cloud computing providers cannot deliver TikTok to U.S. consumers unless the company is sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to a non-Chinese owner. The law was introduced last year over concerns about national security due to TikTok’s Chinese ownership.
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