Sources: TikTok plans to switch off its app in the US on January 19 unless SCOTUS blocks the ban; the law only requires app stores to stop TikTok app downloads

TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes …

The Information 2025-01-15

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@davelee.me Dave Lee on bluesky
Is there any effort to archive what's on TikTok? In years to come we'll regret discarding all of that Covid-era history. It's a snapshot of regular life during that time.
@adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x
Scoop from ⁦@theinformation⁩: Despite speculation that TikTok might shift to non US servers for existing users, it plans a full US shut off on Sunday. [image]
@milkkarten Rachel Karten on x
wow. tiktok will abruptly switch off if there's no intervention to block the ban. it was previously reported the app potentially wouldn't disappear and would instead be removed from app stores with existing users in the u.s. still able use it. seems that won't be the case now.
@kyurieff Kaya Yurieff on x
Late night scoop w/ @SylviaVarnham: TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban. Abruptly switching off the app will bring home the impact of the ban to all TikTok's users. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
@michaelsobolik Michael Sobolik on x
Earlier today, the @DailyCaller reported that a TikTok employee was allegedly forced to pledge allegiance to China's “socialist system” and compelled to allow ByteDance to inspect their devices. Now, per @theinformation, we learn that TikTok is doubling down on its plan to shut
@stx12_ @stx12_ on x
One of the most popular social media apps in the entire world is getting banned in the USA because some 70 year olds that are barely alive want it banned
@jingyanghk Jing Yang on x
In a somewhat martyrish move to let users experience what a ban would feel like, #TikTok is preparing to shut itself down on Sunday, scoop by @SylviaVarnham @kyurieff via @theinformation 👇 https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
@awwstn Austin Petersmith on x
this is like if fentanyl just ceased to exist overnight. an experiment in total cold turkey deletion of a mass addiction like this has never been tried. will nature start to heal? will a whole generation suddenly realize that outside exists? will there be rioting and blood in the
@adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x
@theinformation Assuming that the CCP will never allow a divestiture, the only play left for ByteDance is to maximize this news for Chinese domestic propaganda purposes. A clean shut down helps achieve that propaganda goal more than a muddled temporary work-around does.
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TikTok Prepares for Immediate Shut-Off in the U.S. on Sunday

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Sources: TikTok plans to switch off its app in the US on January 19 unless SCOTUS blocks the ban; the law only requires app stores to stop TikTok app downloads

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