The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

TikTok said it will be "forced to go dark" on Jan. 19 unless it receives a "definitive statement" from the Biden administration that the app's tech partners won't be penalized under the divest-or-ban bill.

TikTok is just a day away from “going dark” in the US. How will the service look after the ban? Here’s some idea from a country where it is already blocked.

With the prospect of TikTok disappearing in the U.S., creators on the app spent the week posting heartfelt goodbyes to their fans.

India’s 2020 crackdown helped give rise to Instagram Reels, which has largely replaced it there. But TikTok has proved more resilient elsewhere.

Washington. With uncertainty looming over whether a TikTok ban in the United States will go into effect, attention has shifted to tech giants like Apple and Google, which are expected to remove the app from their platforms on Sunday.

Experts have noted TikTok’s app should remain available for current users, but existing ones will no longer be able to update it, making it unusable in the long term.

Glenn Gerstell, Center for Strategic and International Studies senior advisor and former NSA general advisor, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Gerstell's perspective on the TikTok situation.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office on Monday, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for Sunday.

It’s on the US-based companies that support TikTok to take action. So, on Sunday, a very real possibility is that people don’t notice much of a change at all. Apple and Google probably will ...