Biden signed the law (which targets tech companies owned by companies in countries deemed a “foreign adversary” of the United States) back in April of 2024, and god knows if he realized at the time what setting its enforcement measures to kick in a day before the next inauguration was going to do,

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

A bipartisan bill banning TikTok was passed by Congress and signed into law by Biden last year. While Trump previously called for a ban on the app due to its ties to the Chinese government, he has more recently been opposed to the ban and indicated that he will seek to reverse it.

A ban on the popular app is set to start Sunday, although the Supreme Court could rule anytime on whether to uphold it.

Congress last year in a law signed by President Joe Biden required that TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance divest the company by Jan. 19 or risk getting banned in the U.S.

President Biden will not enforce a ban on TikTok that is set to take effect Sunday, a U.S. official said, leaving its fate to Donald Trump.

LOS ANGELES - The Supreme Court 's decision to uphold a law banning the social media app TikTok over national security concerns has sent shockwaves through its vast community of over 170 million users in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

But TikTok said after the court ruling on Friday that it “will be forced to go dark” if the administration didn’t provide a “definitive statement” to the companies that deliver its service in the U.S.

Donald Trump has arrived in Washington to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration.