{"id":3020,"date":"2025-01-19T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/tiktok-goes-offline-in-the-us-hours-before-ban-due-to-come-in\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T05:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T05:17:00","slug":"tiktok-goes-offline-in-the-us-hours-before-ban-due-to-come-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/tiktok-goes-offline-in-the-us-hours-before-ban-due-to-come-in\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1qlkdz0-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-fhwhg2-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source 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datetime=\"2025-01-19T03:47:56.323Z\">19 January 2025, 03:47 GMT<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13mf69a-MetadataSnippetWrapper ek9haql0\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2025-01-19T04:31:51.818Z\">Updated 6 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A message appearing on the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning &#8220;you can&#8217;t use TikTok for now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,&#8221; it read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It comes after the social media platform warned it would &#8220;go dark&#8221; on Sunday unless the outgoing Biden administration gave assurances the ban will not be enforced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">President-elect Donald Trump has said he would &#8220;most likely&#8221; give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a ban once he takes office on Monday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Users reported the app had also been removed from both Apple and Google&#8217;s US app stores and TikTok.com was not showing videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it&#8217;s appropriate,&#8221; Trump told NBC News on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If I decide to do that, I&#8217;ll probably announce it on Monday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The White House said that it was up to the incoming administration to take action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday,&#8221; press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Supreme Court ruling on Friday upheld the law, passed in April last year,  banning the app in the US unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sold the platform by Sunday, which it has not done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">TikTok challenged the law, arguing that it violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the hours leading up to the social media platform going offline, content creators had been posting videos to say goodbye to their followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Creator Nicole Bloomgarden told the BBC that not being on TikTok would result in a significant salary cut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Another user, Erika Thompson, said educational content on the platform would be the &#8220;biggest loss&#8221; for the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">TikTok users were met with a message earlier on 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We&#8217;re working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"topic-list\" class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-113c0cq-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<ul role=\"list\" spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<li>TikTok<\/li>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:46:29 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in EPA Aoife Walsh BBC News 19 January 2025, 03:47 GMT Updated 6 minutes ago TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. 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