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."
President-elect Donald Trump said he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day grace period to avoid getting banned once he takes office on Jan. 20.
Users on the app were saying their goodbyes, some filming themselves frantically scrolling or sharing final secrets with their followers ahead of the possible ban.
TikTok went offline in the US hours before a nationwide ban came into effect on Sunday, but Trump may yet step in
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.
TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media
With TikTok, CapCut, and Marvel Snap shut down in the US, Apple has taken the unusual step of articulating why it’s following the law banning ByteDance apps and removing them from the App Stores for the Mac, iPhone, and other devices.
The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
Millions of TikTok users in the United States are no longer able to watch videos on the social media platform as a federal ban on the immensely popular app