WASHINGTON, Amurka — TikTok ya daina aiki ga masu amfani da shi a Amurka a ranar Asabar, kafin dokar haramta shi ta fara aiki a hukumance.
Masu amfani da TikTok sun fuskantar saƙonni na cewa, “Yi hakuri, TikTok ba ya samuwa a yanzu.” Saƙon ya ci gaba da cewa, “An kafa dokar haramta TikTok a Amurka. Abin takaici, hakan yana nufin ba za ku iya amfani da TikTok a yanzu ba. Muna farin ciki cewa Shugaba Trump ya nuna cewa zai yi aiki tare da mu don samun mafita don dawo da TikTok bayan ya hau mulki. Da fatan za a ci gaba da sauraro!”
Wakilin tawagar Shugaba mai zaba Donald Trump bai amsa buƙatar bayani ba game da saƙon da ke yaba wa shugaban mai zaba musamman.
Saƙon ya kuma bukaci masu amfani su rufe app ɗin ko kuma su kara koyo. A shafin gidan yanar gizon, saƙon ya ƙara da cewa masu amfani za su iya shiga don sauke bayanansu.
App ɗin ya bayyana an cire shi daga shagunan app na Apple da Google a Amurka, wanda ya sa ba za a iya saukar da shi ba.
TikTok yana da masu amfani miliyan 170 a Amurka. Wasu app ɗin da kamfanin mahaifin TikTok na China ByteDance ya mallaka, ciki har da CapCut, Lemon8, da Gauth, sun nuna irin wannan saƙonni kuma sun daina aiki ga masu amfani da yawa a Amurka a ranar Asabar da yamma.
Apple ta bayyana cewa TikTok da app ɗin ByteDance ba su samuwa a Amurka ba. “Apple tana da alhakin bin dokokin ƙasashen da take aiki a cikinsu,” in ji ta. “Bisa ga Dokar Kare Amurkawa daga Ayyukan Abokan Gaba na Ƙasashen Waje, app ɗin da ByteDance Ltd. da rassansa suka haɓaka — ciki har da TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, da sauransu — ba za su samuwa don saukewa ko sabuntawa a shagon App Store ga masu amfani a Amurka daga ranar 19 ga Janairu, 2025 ba.”
Rufe TikTok ya biyo bayan wasu kwanaki na rashin tabbas har zuwa Lahadi, lokacin da dokar haramta app ɗin ta fara aiki.
A watan Afrilu, Shugaba Joe Biden ya sanya hannu kan dokar da ta tilasta wa ByteDance sayar da TikTok ga wani ba na China ba, ko kuma za a haramta shi. Kotun Koli ta tabbatar da dokar a ranar Juma’a, wanda ya ba da damar rufe app ɗin a Amurka.
Amma gwamnatin Biden ta fitar da wata sanarwa a ranar Juma’a da ke nuna cewa ba za ta aiwatar da dokar ba. Dokar ta zama abin ƙyama ga masu amfani da yawan Amurkawa, kuma yawancin masu amfani da TikTok sun fara ƙaura zuwa app ɗin sada zumunta na China don nuna adawa.
Masu magana daga bangarorin biyu na siyasa sun yi tir da TikTok a matsayin barazana ga tsaron ƙasa saboda kamfanin China ne ke mallakar shi. Sun yi iƙirarin cewa gwamnatin China na iya amfani da app ɗin don samun damar bayanan Amurkawa ko kuma yin tasiri ga nauyin abubuwan da Amurkawa ke kallo.
Amma kamfanin ya yi adawa da damuwar ‘yan majalisa, a maimakon haka ya bayyana dokar haramta a matsayin batun ‘yancin faɗar albarkacin baki da kuma tauye hakkoki. Shugaban TikTok Shou Zi Chew ya ce app ɗin yana da aminci kuma yana da tsaro.
Makomar app ɗin ba ta da tabbas. A ranar Asabar, Trump ya ce zai “mai yiwuwa” ba da ƙarin kwanaki 90 bayan ranar Lahadi don ByteDance ya sayar da app ɗin kuma ya guje wa haramta shi na dindindin.
“Ƙarin kwanaki 90 wani abu ne da zai yiwu a yi, saboda ya dace,” in ji Trump.
Trump ya canza ra’ayinsa game da TikTok. A cikin 2020 ya ce zai haramta app ɗin. Shekaru bayan haka, Trump ya canza ra’ayinsa kafin ya yi nasa yayin yaƙin neman zaɓe na 2024. A cikin wani bidiyo, Trump ya ce zai “ceci TikTok.”
A cikin wani saƙon bidiyo da aka buga a TikTok a ranar Juma’a, Chew ya yi magana game da goyon bayan Trump, yana mai cewa shugaban mai zuwa yana goyon bayan TikTok sosai. Chew ya ambaci shaharar Trump a kan app ɗin, inda ya zama ɗan siyasa mafi yawan masu biyu a Amurka, tare da masu biyu sama da miliyan 14.
Wasu masu amfani da TikTok sun ƙaura zuwa wasu dandamali na sada zumunta don yin baƙin ciki game da rufe app ɗin. Shahararren ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ya yi magana, yana sanar da masu biyu cewa ya wuce app ɗin, “wanda ya tilasta wa mutane da yawa su nemi sabbin hanyoyin ɓata lokaci.”
Wani mai amfani da TikTok ya kwatanta shi da ƙungiyar Detroit Lions saboda dukansu an “kawar da su ta hanyar Washington.”
Membobin gwamnatin Trump sun rabu kan app ɗin, tare da wasu, kamar shugaban hukumar sadarwa mai zuwa Brendan Carr, suna ba da shawarar adawa da tasirin China akan app ɗin, yayin da wasu, kamar mai kula da kashe kuɗin gwamnati ba bisa ka’ida ba Elon Musk, suna ƙoƙarin cewa TikTok ya ci gaba da samuwa bisa ga ‘yancin faɗar albarkacin baki.
A ranar Juma’a, Trump ya buga a kan Truth Social: “Shawarar Kotun Koli ta kasance ana tsammaninta, kuma kowa dole ne ya girmama ta. Shawarara na game da TikTok za a yi shi nan ba da daɗewa ba, amma dole ne in sami lokaci don nazarin yanayin. Ku ci gaba da sauraro!”
Trump zai iya ci gaba da yin amfani da shawarar Biden na rashin aiwatar da dokar, amma ba a san tsawon lokacin da hakan zai ɗauka ba.
Masu amfani da TikTok suna yin baƙin ciki game da yuwuwar faɗuwar app ɗin a cikin kwanakin da suka gabata kafin rufe shi, tare da yawancin manyan masu ƙirƙira suna yin tarin abubuwan da suka fi yawa ko kuma suna tambayar masu biyansu su bi su a wasu dandamali. Yawancin masu amfani da TikTok sun cika wani app na China da ake kira don nuna adawa da gwamnati, amma yana da babbar barazana fiye da TikTok, bisa ga masana da suka yi magana da NBC News.
