The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law set to ban TikTok unless the platform severs ties with China-based parent company ByteDance by Sunday. MORE: Trump says he'll 'likely' giv
TikTok says it is officially going dark in the United States now that a federal ban of the app is going into effect. Around 6 PM Pacific time, the app began notifying people in the US, including Verge staffers,
It's not the first time TikTok has sent a politically motivated pop-up message about the U.S. government's efforts to ban the app due to concerns over its Chinese ownership. In March 2024, the app asked users to call their representatives to ask for an end to the ban.
The popular video app stopped working shortly after signaling to users it might go offline, with a federal law barring U.S. companies from hosting or distributing TikTok set to take effect on Sunday.
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.
TikTok's U.S. ban arrived earlier than expected, logging users out abruptly on Saturday night before midnight ET. See how users are reacting to the sudden shutdown.
The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.
Inside TikTok, an email to employees said that “President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office” on the 20th, an
TikTok went dark for users across the U.S. late Saturday as the app notified users of a ban that went into effect just days before President-elect Trump's inauguration.
On Saturday, TikTok users in the United States scrolled through the app in its final hours after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that required ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to sell the app by Sunday or otherwise face a ban. The mood among users was relatively somber, at least by TikTok’s typically unserious standards.
Users were unable to access TikTok Saturday, instead seeing a pop-up message on their screens saying "a law banning TikTok has been enacted."