TikTok Prepares for Immediate Shut-Off in the U.S. on Sunday
TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban, according to two people familiar with TikTok’s plans. Abruptly switching off the app, rather than allowing people who have already downloaded it to continue using it, will bring home the impact of the ban to all TikTok’s users.
Under the plan, people attempting to open the TikTok app will instead see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban, one of the people said. TikTok plans to give users the option to download all their data so they can take a record of their personal information with them, the person said.
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