Unless it receives clarity and assurances from the Biden administration, TikTok says it will shut down before the ban takes effect. The clock may be running out for TikTok. The company behind the wildly popular social media platform says it will "go dark" on Sunday unless it receives clear assurances from government officials that the US ban set to take effect that day won't be enforced.

But companies helping keep TikTok online in the United States are still taking a legal risk, said Gerstell and Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington’s law schoo