TikTok is no longer available in the United States —at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users.
TikTok has officially shut down in the U.S. ahead of a Sunday deadline but said it hopes to be reinstated when Donald Trump takes office on Monday. “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.
Shou Zi Chew thanked the incoming president for efforts to "find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States."
Trump said in an exclusive phone interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker that he’ll “probably announce it on Monday” – the day of his inauguration to a second term.
TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, had nine months to sell the platform's US operation to an approved buyer. The law allows the sitting president to extend the deadline by 90 days if a sale is in progress.
President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” delay a ban on TikTok for 90 days after he takes office on Monday but noted he has not made a final decision in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.
The fate of Tiktok is in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump after the Supreme Court upheld the ban Friday..
The popular social media app went dark for millions of users Saturday night. The Chinese-owned app has been banned by federal officials.
TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.
When users opened the TikTok app on Saturday, they encountered a pop-up message that said, “Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now.” View on euronews
TikTok stopped services in the US late on Saturday hours before a federal law banning the app went into effect.