ByteDance has said it won’t sell the short-form video platform, and TikTok’s attorney Noel Francisco stated a sale might never ... Instead, the law prevents the app from being downloadable on Apple and Google’s app stores, meaning new users wouldn ...

This would mean it would become unavailable on platforms like Google and Apple’s app stores ... until after his inauguration on Jan. 20. Noel Francisco, a lawyer representing TikTok and ...

The first, Noel J. Francisco, who represents ByteDance, is a prominent conservative litigator who is now a partner at the Jones Day law firm. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Francisco clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and served in the White House and the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.

A lawyer for TikTok and ByteDance, Noel Francisco, says that If TikTok is banned, the app used by 170 millions would quickly go dark and 'essentially the platform shuts down'