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TikTok confirms plans to go dark on Sunday

UPDATE (6:45 PM): President-Elect Trump says he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban.

The ban is set to take effect sunday, but trump told NBC News' "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview Saturday that he's considering giving tiktok a 90-day reprieve, and would probably announce it on monday.

That means the popular app could go dark for at least a day before Trump possibly grants the extension.

President Biden signed a law last year requiring the app's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell it to a non-Chinese buyer or face a nationwide prohibition in the U.S.

Lawmakers have expressed concern about ByteDance's ties to the Chinese government, and the risk that TikTok could be used for propaganda purposes.

(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - TikTok says it plans to go dark Sunday unless it gets more clarity from the Biden administration about the ban set to go into effect that day.

In a statement, TikTok called for a definitive statement to assure that service providers that help make the app run won't be hit with those potential billions in fines on Sunday if they keep up business as usual.

It comes after the Supreme Court, on Friday, ruled unanimously to uphold a law requiring that parent company, ByteDance, sell TikTok or or effectively be shut down in the U.S.

The Biden administration said it would not implement the law, but instead punt next steps to the Trump administration.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew has expressed hope for the app under Trump's presidency.

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