White House Starts TikTok Account
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on July 24 that if China does not accept a deal from the U.S. to sell the app, TikTok will go dark again.
(CNN) — TikTok went offline in the United States Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect. The extraordinary blackout prevents access to
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is on the hook to sell the app’s US operations by April 5, after President Donald Trump extended the deadline in January, or face a ban in the United States.
If ByteDance does not sell TikTok by Jan. 19, the platform will be banned in the United States. This means that it will become illegal for U.S. internet hosting services and app stores to ...