Date
1/21/2025 7:07:58 AM
(MENAFN) TikTok has temporarily shut down for around 170 million US users following a Supreme Court ruling that could lead to a national ban on the app. The court mandated that TikTok must sever ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, by Sunday or face a ban. On Saturday, users received notifications explaining the outage, with TikTok stating that a US law banning the platform would take effect on January 19.
TikTok is working to restore service and is seeking clarity from the Biden administration to prevent a permanent shutdown. The Supreme Court's decision is based on concerns that ByteDance’s ownership of TikTok might allow the Chinese government to access American user data, a claim TikTok has denied. Despite these concerns, President-elect Donald Trump suggested he might delay the ban for 90 days to facilitate a potential sale to a non-Chinese company.
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