TikTok is reportedly set to shut down Americans' access to the popular video app this weekend, barring last-minute takeovers or tampering. Supreme Court.

He gave information about TikTok, which he owns many outlets China-based ByteDanceplans to shut down US operations “immediately” on Sunday, when a law passed by Congress last year required the company to close.

Congress passed a law last year requiring China-based ByteDance to abandon TikTok, a popular short-form video app in the US, or face a ban. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/Reuters)

The law gave TikTok nine months to either disavow ByteDance or be kicked out of the US. app stores and hosting services. Users who have downloaded TikTok will theoretically still be able to use the app, except that starting Sunday, the law prohibits US companies from providing services to distribute, maintain or update it.

The US Supreme Court ruled to uphold the law and allow TikTok to be banned on Sunday, overturning the law or allowing the law to be suspended to give the court more time to make a decision.

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The Washington Post reported that President-elect Trump, whose term began a day after the ban began, is considering issuing an executive order to suspend enforcement of the shutdown for 60 to 90 days.

“TikTok itself is a fantastic platform,” said Trump's national security adviser. Mike Waltz told Fox News Wednesday. “We will find a way to protect it, but we will protect people's data.”

The New York Times also reported that TikTok's CEO has been invited to attend the president-elect's inauguration and sit in an “honorary seat.”

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President Biden does not intend to intervene to block the ban in his final days in office unless the Supreme Court acts, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that Biden would not legally intervene without a credible plan to divest from ByteDance's TikTok. can't.

However, an NBC report later said that the Biden administration is considering options to keep the social media platform available to users after Sunday in order to delay a decision to Trump, who will be inaugurated on Monday.

“Americans should not expect a sudden ban on TikTok on Sunday,” an administration official told the network.

If banned, TikTok says users who try to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the matter is not public.

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TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told the Supreme Court last week, “We're blacking out. Basically, the platform is shutting down.”

The company also plans to allow users to download all their data so they can keep track of their personal data, the sources said.

Reuters contributed to this report.