The White House countered a threat made by TikTok on Friday night (17) to disable the application in the United States if American President Joe Biden did not intervene in the matter – for the US government, TikTok’s action was a “maneuver ”.
“We saw the latest statement from TikTok. It’s a ploy, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take action in the coming days before the Trump administration’s inauguration on Monday,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement to CNN .
She continued: “We demonstrate our position clearly and directly: the actions to implement this law will be up to the next government. Therefore, TikTok and other companies should raise any concerns with them.”
THE CNN reached out to TikTok on Saturday about the White House statement, but a spokesperson for the app declined to comment.
Why can TikTok be disabled in the US?
Due to a law signed by Biden in April, ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, was forced to sell the app to American ownership by this Sunday, January 19. ByteDance has not made any significant progress in this regard.
The Biden government claims, due to the time – as Sunday is a federal holiday in the US and Biden leaves office just hours later – that the decision to impose a ban upheld by the Supreme Court will be up to the next government.
While some Democratic lawmakers have pressed Biden to delay enforcement, White House officials have previously said they do not believe the president has the authority to do so.
A White House source told CNN that there will be no Biden administration fines associated with keeping TikTok active in the meantime, including potential penalties for service providers like Apple and Google that may continue to provide the app to users.
This content was originally published in Threat to deactivate TikTok is a “maneuver”, says Casa Branca on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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