The popular video app stopped working shortly after signaling to users it might go offline, with a federal law barring U.S. companies from hosting or distributing TikTok set to take effect on Sunday.
TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law to ban the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.
Like tens of thousands of content creators who make their living through social media, local creators are in jeopardy of losing their most successful platform if the U.S. government follows through on its ban of the app.
A New Yorker is facing a lawsuit for allegedly harassing the owners of a TikTok-famous photo booth next to her home. Accusations include throwing urine, painting feces, and making threats. The neighbor claims the suit is a ploy for money and denies some of the allegations.
TikTok is set to be banned tomorrow. Here's what time the ban could start in the U.S. and what the app could look like for users trying to access it on Sunday.
After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.
NBC News reports that TikTok has boosted advertisements for Lemon8, an application also owned by ByteDance, in recent days. Rival social-media apps and websites such as Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat are expected to increase their user base in the wake of a possible ban.
With the possibility of TikTok being banned in the US, Spearmint Rhino New York wants to dance their way into history with a fun event.
Unless TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the app into new ownership, TikTok will be removed from Apple and Google app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, reports CNN. The app will still be accessible on phones that have it previously downloaded, but it will not be able to update.
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.
American tennis star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a broken heart right after winning a match at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals.