TikTok goes dark in the U.S. as ban takes effect
TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law to ban the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect. Before that announcement went out, TikTok had said in another message to users that its service would be “temporarily unavailable” and told them it was working to restore its U.S. service “as soon as possible.” It’s unclear how long the platform will remain dark. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a technology company based in Beijing that operates the well-known video editing app CapCut and Lemon8 — both of which were also unavailable for service Saturday evening. But TikTok said after the court ruling Friday that it “will be forced to go dark” if the Biden administration didn’t provide a “definitive statement” to the companies that deliver its service in the U.S. Jean-Pierre had called TikTok’s demand a “stunt” and said there was no reason for it or other companies “to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office.” Under the law, mobile app stores are barred from offering TikTok and internet hosting services are prohibited from delivering the service to American users.
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