Sun, 19 Jan 2025

TikTok stops working as US ban comes into force

A message appearing for US users says they "can't use TikTok for now".

* A new US law banning TikTok has come into effect.
* The app stopped working across the country on Saturday.
* TikTok users in the US received a message saying they couldn't use the app due to the ban.
* The ban is over concerns about TikTok's links to the Chinese government.
* The US Supreme Court upheld the law banning the app unless its China-based parent company sold it by Sunday, which it did not do.
* The ban affects 170 million TikTok users in the US.
* The law was given until January 19th for TikTok to be sold to an approved US buyer, but no sale has been announced.
* President-elect Donald Trump said he would likely give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban once he takes office on Monday.
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