Unless it receives clarity and assurances from the Biden administration, TikTok says it will shut down before the ban takes effect.

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

The Media Copilot’ founder Pete Pachal discusses the looming TikTok ban in the United States and the potential effects on ‘Fox News Live.’

“Our position on this has been clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership. Given the timing of when it goes into effect over a holiday weekend a day before inauguration, it will be up to the next administration to implement,” read the statement.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.

Social media platform TikTok said it will be "forced to go dark" on Sunday unless the White House gives a "definitive" statement about its future, the company said in an announcement Friday night.

TikTok said it will be forced to go dark on January 19, the day the ban is set to take effect, without more assurances it won't be enforced.

President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker in a phone interview that he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day postponement from a potential ban in the U.S. after he is sworn in. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports on the timeline of TikTok's ban before it possibly goes dark.

Pratt has been blowing up TikTok with a mix of goofy, heartfelt, and hustling vibes. His main mission? Promoting the 15th anniversary of his wife’s 2010 pop