TikTok is no longer available in the US

Changes have been made to the US TikTok ban. The TikTok app stopped working and was removed from the App Store and Google Play on Saturday night, just hours before the January 19 ban.

People who have installed the app instead are greeted with a pop-up. “Sorry, TikTok is currently unavailable,” it says. “A ban on TikTok has been implemented in the US. Unfortunately, this means you can’t use TikTok right now. We are lucky that President Trump has also said that he will work with us on how to stop TikTok when he takes office. Please. Listen.”

This notification provides the option to close the app or “learn more,” which leads users to the TikTok website, which has common language. Existing users can also download their data from the site. ByteDance’s popular video editing software, CapCut, is also available are no longer available within the US.

Following this passage of “Protecting Americans from Laws Directed by Foreign Enemies” by President Biden, TikTok had six months to separate itself from the Chinese company ByteDance. The company decided to fight the law, bring the case to the Supreme Court claiming that his First Amendment rights were violated by the measure. The Supreme Court, having limited time to consider the case, they ruled together against the program.

Like part of the banThe Apple App Store, Google Play Store and every other app store must remove TikTok or face a $5,000 fine for every US downloader who downloads the app. White House officials said earlier in the week that the ban it would not be forced in the last hours of President Joe Biden, but TikTok he said that the government “failed to provide clarity and assurance to service providers that is necessary to make TikTok available to more than 170 million Americans.”

Several attempts are designed to ban TikTok in the US on the concerns of spiesbut this is the first time that a person has been temporarily detained. President-elect Donald Trump was chief supporter of prohibition his first term in office and, ironically, is TikTok’s only hope of survival after being re-established. Earlier on Saturday, Trump told NBC News that he “might” give the company a 90-day extension after taking office.

If an increase does come, it is not clear what plan the company will take to remain in the US. Perplexity AI is reportedly funded meet with TikTok Activities, Price CNBC report. Others, including investor Kevin O’Leary (of Shark Tank fame) too made an offer or expressed interest in purchasing the work.

Additional reporting by Karissa Bell.

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