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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

It will no longer be available for download in app stores, including Apple's and Google's. For TikTok users who already have the short-form video app on their devices, it remains to be seen what ...

“TikTok will still be banned, and it will still be illegal for Apple and Google to do business with them. But it will make the president’s intention not to enforce the law that much more official.

TikTok did not immediately respond to ABC News ... The law orders distributors like Apple and Google to stop offering the social media platform in their app stores, and it requires cloud service ...