TikTok plans to continue paying its U.S. employees even if the Supreme Court doesn't overturn laws forcing or banning the short video app's sale in the U.S., company executives said Tuesday. This was said in an internal memo seen by Reuters.
This hugely popular platform is owned by China-based ByteDance, which has 7,000 employees in the United States.
“We cannot stress enough that your health is our top priority, but most importantly, as an employee of the United States, your jobs, pay, and benefits are safe, even under these circumstances. “We would like to emphasize that our offices will remain open regardless of the situation. The situation has not been resolved by the January 19 deadline,” the memo to TikTok employees said. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed willing to uphold the law, which was passed in April, despite calls from President-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers to extend the Jan. 19 deadline. is.
President Trump, whose inauguration will be held the day after the law takes effect, said he needs time after taking office to seek a “political solution” to the issue.
“Our management team remains focused on planning for various scenarios and continues to chart our path forward,” TikTok said in the memo.
“This bill is written to impact only the user experience in the U.S., not the companies that employ it,” the company said, adding that the company's employees and more than 170 million people It added that it will continue to navigate the situation to protect TikTok users. In the US.
If the court doesn't block the law by Sunday, new downloads of TikTok will be banned from Apple or Google's app stores, but existing users may continue to have access to the app for some time.
As other companies will no longer be able to provide support to TikTok, the platform's services will degrade and eventually cease to function.
