
TikTok sees everything black and is preparing to lower the blinds this Sunday in the US.
He has only one bullet in the chamber (that of the Supreme Court) and he knows that this bullet is in no way reliable. For this reason, TikTok is already preparing to go black this Sunday in the United States if the Supreme Court finally decides not to postpone the entry into force of the rule that forces the social network to divest from its American subsidiary. or to disappear from the application stores on the other side of the pond.
This Sunday ends the deadline for TikTok to change hands in the United States. Otherwise, the social network will be condemned to disappear from application stores across the seas. And although users who already have the application installed on their mobile phone will be able to continue using TikTok, they will not be able to benefit from updates and this could end up hampering the proper functioning of the social network.
Aware that time is running out and playing against him, TikTok would already be preparing for the immediate closure of its application in the United States if the Supreme Court does not rule in its favor and does not postpone the entry into force of the federal law that seeks to ban the social network in the North American country.or, as reported The Information. Reuters has also reported that TikTok would already be preparing to suspend its operations in the United States if the Supreme Court ruling is adverse.
If the “blackout” of TikTok in the United States finally becomes effective this Sunday, Users will receive a pop-up message through the application that will redirect them to a website with information about the ban on the social networkassures Reuters. In addition, it seems that TikTok plans to give its users based in the United States the possibility of downloading their personal data stored on the social network.
TikTok employees in the United States will not lose their jobs
On the other hand, in a message sent this Tuesday to the staff TikTok’s head of resources assured the social network’s employees in the United States that they would keep their jobs even if the ban on this platform in the North American country became effective.as reported The New York Times. “Your jobs, salaries and benefits are secured, and our offices will remain open, although the situation has not been resolved before the January 19 deadline,” says Nicky Raghavan, global head of HR at TikTok. “The law is not written in such a way that it affects the entities through which you are contracted and only affects the user experience in the United States,” Raghavan adds.
Last Friday, a hearing was held in the Supreme Court in which the judges of this court heard the arguments put forward by TikTok to postpone the rule that requires the spin-off of its business in the United States. According to TikTok, this law violates the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the 170 million users of the social network in the North American country. However, in the audience The court’s judges seemed to be more in tune with the position of the US authoritieswho are firmly convinced that TikTok constitutes a threat to national security and is a platform influenced by the Chinese Communist Party.
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, has repeatedly emphasized that 60% of its stakes are in the hands of global investors como Blackrock, General Atlantic y Susquehanna International Group.
a few days ago Bloomberg y The Wall Street Journal reported that China had apparently been in favor of TikTok passing into the hands of Elon Musk in the United States. However, a TikTok spokesperson later called this information “pure fiction.”
The law requiring TikTok to change ownership to continue operating in the United States was passed by the United States Congress and subsequently signed by President Joe Biden in April 2024. US authorities are concerned that the Beijing government could eventually use TikTok to spy on US citizens or spread pro-Chinese propaganda in its domains. The rule prohibits Apple and Google app stores and hosting services from distributing TikTok in the United States unless its parent ByteDance agrees to sell its US subsidiary to a company based in a state other than ” “foreign adversary” of the North American country.
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