The Biden administration insisted on Friday that it would not aggressively enforce a federal law aimed at banning Chinese social media app TikTok and would instead defer any action to the incoming Trump administration.

The Supreme People’s Court made a ruling Earlier in the day, he defended the ban, which is set to take effect on Sunday.

“The government, like the rest of the country, has been waiting for the decision that the government has just made. United States Supreme Court Regarding TikTok issues. President Biden’s stance on TikTok has been clear for months, including since Congress overwhelmingly and bipartisanly sent a bill to the president’s desk: TikTok should remain available to Americans, but only owned by the United States or otherwise that may address national security concerns. Congress enacted this law,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement shortly after the decision was announced.

She added: “Given the timing, this government recognizes that action to implement the law must be the responsibility of the next government that takes office on Monday.”

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A U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday Biden won’t enforce it The ban will take effect the day before he leaves office. The move inadvertently puts the fate of the social media app in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration.

President Joe Biden insisted he would not enforce a TikTok ban after the Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday upholding the federal law. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarck/File Photo)

“There is no question that for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok provides a unique and broad source of expression, engagement, and community,” the Supreme Court wrote in Friday’s unsigned ruling. “But Congress has decided The divestment is necessary to address its national security concerns over TikTok’s data collection practices and relationships with foreign adversaries. “

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The court continued: “For the reasons foregoing, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights. The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is affirmed.”

The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the Biden administration would leave implementation of the law to Trump. (Getty Images)

Just last year, Congress gave TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance until January 19 to spin off the company. The law was later signed by Biden.

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After the law passed, Congress singled out concerns about the app’s Chinese ownership, which lawmakers said meant the app owned weaponization potential Or used to collect large amounts of user data, including data from the approximately 170 million Americans who use TikTok.

President Joe Biden insisted he would not enforce a TikTok ban after the Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding a federal law banning the Chinese-owned social media app unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company. (Anna Chanmemaker)

During oral arguments, Biden administration lawyers argued that the app’s Chinese ownership posed a “serious” national security risk to U.S. users. TikTok’s lawyers, on the other hand, argue that such a ban limits free speech protections. First Amendment.

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First Amendment challenges must be analyzed under strict scrutiny, which places a higher burden of proof on the government when trying to prove the constitutionality of the law. In such cases, the First Amendment protections at issue must be carefully designed to serve a compelling governmental interest and narrowly tailored to achieving that interest.

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.