TikTok said its operations would go dark on Sunday without assurances from Biden’s administration that it would not be punished. apple, Google and other service providers if they support the program.

“Unless the Biden administration provides clear guidance to meet the most critical providers to ensure inaction, TikTok will unfortunately be forced to go dark on January 19,” TikTok said. in a sentence on Friday.

The statement indicates that American TikTok users, which the company says are more than 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or the site on Sunday.

TikTok released the statement after The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously to comply with an order barring service providers from using its software in the US if parent ByteDance fails to make “reasonable changes” to the software by Sunday. As a result, Apple, Google and Oracle they can face severe penalties if they fail to follow the rules.

“Today’s announcement by the Biden White House and the Department of Justice fails to provide the clarity and assurance to service providers that is necessary to make TikTok accessible to more than 170 million Americans,” TikTok said in a statement.

However, Biden’s term ends on Monday, when the President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House. Trump, who previously supported a ban on TikTok, later debunked the issue. In December, Trump he asked the Supreme Court that suspending the implementation of the law and allow the administration “the opportunity to follow the political agenda of the questions involved in the case.”

Writing Friday on his Truth Social TV show, Trump wrote, “My opinion on TikTok will be made soon, but I need to have time to review the situation.

On Friday, the Biden administration issued a statement TikTok “should remain available to Americans, but under American ownership.”

“Considering the timing, the Government realizes that the implementation of this law should fall to the next Administration, which will take effect on Monday,” he said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco, his deputy, said to release that the decision “helps the Department of Justice to prevent the Chinese government from transporting TikTok to harm the national security of the United States.”

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