The Biden White House Says Tiktok’s Threat To Go Dark Is A ‘stunt’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called TikTok’s threat to “go dark” tomorrow a “stunt,” and said location is nary logic that TikTok aliases immoderate different companies should return immoderate actions nether nan prohibition earlier nan Trump guidance is sworn successful Monday morning, respective news outlets are reporting.

“It is simply a stunt, and we spot nary logic for TikTok aliases different companies to return actions successful nan adjacent less days earlier nan Trump Administration takes agency connected Monday,” MSNBC quotes Jean-Pierre arsenic saying. “We personification laid retired our position intelligibly and straightforwardly: actions to instrumentality this norm will autumn to nan adjacent administration. So TikTok and different companies should return up immoderate concerns pinch them.”

The relationship comes 1 clip aft TikTok threatened to spell offline if nan Biden guidance doesn’t relationship reassurance that companies for illustration Apple and Google won’t beryllium held liable for defying nan ban, which nan Supreme Court upheld yesterday. Company CEO Shou Chew too appealed to Donald Trump, saying nan institution is “grateful” for his support of nan platform.

Trump said that a “90-day clasp is point that will beryllium astir apt done” during an mobility and reply pinch Meet The Press moderator Kristen Welker for NBC News. That followed reporting earlier this week that nan incoming President plans to rumor an executive bid doing so.

Given that nan ban’s deadline is up earlier he’s sworn in, it’s not clear whether Trump tin really widen it. He tin return not to enforce nan ban, conscionable arsenic Biden says he will, but that still leaves Apple and Google to find if Trump’s relationship is worthy nan ineligible consequence that would recreation pinch defying nan prohibition by leaving nan app disposable for download.