TikTok shuts down as U.S. ban takes effect
App executives had discussed taking the platform offline on Sunday to highlight the impact of the restriction, but the plans had not been final.
TikTok banned: Why you’re seeing a pop-up when you open the app
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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban
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.
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, clears way for app to shut down in U.S. as soon as Sunday
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday. "We conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate the petitioners' First Amendment rights,
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Update: Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. Read more. The start of the weekend marks two days until the social media platform TikTok could be banned in the United States. TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has until Sunday to sell the platform under federal legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden last spring.
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Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok’s ban-or-sale law to give him an opportunity to act once he returns to the White House.
TikTok plans to shut down app in US Sunday if ban holds, reports say. Here's what to know.
TikTok's reported plans include giving users a pop-message directing them to a website with information about the ban.
TikTok unavailable in app stores, goes dark for some users ahead of ban
"TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps are no longer available in the United States, and visitors to the United States might have limited access to features," Apple said.
TikTok goes dark in the U.S. as ban takes effect
TikTok was not available for many of its 170 million users in the U.S. hours before a ban on the social media platform was supposed to go into effect.
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The app has stopped working because of a federal law that called for TikTok to be banned if it didn’t find a new owner that isn’t Chinese. The app shut down just before the deadline, which was Sunday.
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