Mon, 26 Jan 2026

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 TikTok apologises after thousands in US report issues

The new US owners of the video streaming app attributed its issues to a data centre power outage.

* Over 600,000 reports of glitches were made by US TikTok users over the weekend
* Problems included videos appearing repeatedly on "For You" feeds, some content not displaying, and new posts getting zero views
* Issues appeared to continue for some users on Monday
* TikTok's new US owner apologized for "disruption" and said they are working to restore services after a power outage at a US data center impacted the platform
* The company is partnering with Oracle, its US data centre partner, to stabilize service
* Speculation has arisen that glitches were caused by new ownership or changes to algorithm
* Users took to social media to complain about issues affecting their feeds and content on Sunday and Monday
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