The TikTok application announced this Sunday the end of its services in the United States “temporarily” and has assured that it is working to return to operation “as soon as possible”, after the US Supreme Court on Friday endorsed the law that stipulates the suspension of the use of the audiovisual platform from January 19 throughout the country, considering it a threat to the security of Americans.
“We regret that a US law that prohibits TikTok comes into effect on January 19 and forces us to temporarily take our services out of service,” reads a notification sent to users of the application and collected by the Bloomberg agency.
“We are working to restore our service in the US as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned,” the platform added in the same message, in which it thanks that “the president (incoming, Donald) Trump has indicated that he will work with (them) to restore TikTok once he takes the Presidency.”
The warning comes after the president-elect said the day before that he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid its closure.
“I think that would certainly be an option that we would study. The 90-day extension will most likely be done because it is the appropriate thing to do. We have to study it carefully. It is a very big problem. If I decide to do that, I will probably announce it on Monday,” Trump explained in statements to the NBC television network.
The possibility of granting such a moratorium – subject to specific conditions – is provided for in the law approved last year and recently declared constitutional. However, Trump could only order it from Monday, when he takes office.
Thus, TikTok has been forced to comply with its warning to go “black” if it did not receive “clarity and guarantees” about its legal situation before this Sunday.
