Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
(The ... The app) is all in Mandarin, I believe, and there’s a lot of terms which I don’t know what I’m agreeing to,
The US as a country is so powerful and big and I don’t think TikTok can keep going if there’s no American users on the app,
A lot of creators rely on this app for a living, and it’s about to be pulled away from under them,
Influencers are often actors, musicians, comedians and people in the arts,
We are fighting to protect the constitutional right to free speech for more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok every day.”
Okay, fine, I’ll buy it
The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.”
The call was a very good one for both China and the USA. It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately,
In addition, we request that you clarify that no app store, internet hosting service, or other provider faces any risk of enforcement or penalties with respect to TikTok, CapCut, or any other ByteDance apps, until such further guidance has been issued,
We're really in uncharted territory here in terms of tech policy,
I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
China is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
TikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government's national security concerns,
Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Beijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
Oh my god, I'm speechless,
This decision’s going to be made by the next president anyway,
I do believe that banning a social media app like TikTok is a violation of the First Amendment."