{"id":649951,"date":"2025-01-19T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T06:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiktok-goes-dark-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T09:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T06:35:13","slug":"tiktok-goes-dark-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-goes-dark-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#TikTok goes dark in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular short-form video app<\/a> for millions of Americans \u2014 at least for now.<\/p>\n

TikTok users began receiving a message about the ban around 10:30 p.m. Eastern. As of Saturday evening, the app was also no longer available in the Apple or Google Play app stores.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now,\u201d the company\u2019s message reads. \u201cA law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can\u2019t use TikTok for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message also suggests this may only be a temporary disappearance. TikTok credits President-elect Donald Trump for indicating \u201che will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,\u201d with users urged to \u201cstay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The company warned earlier this week the app\u2019s disappearance was imminent, saying Friday that it would \u201cgo dark\u201d unless President Joe Biden\u2019s administration made a \u201cdefinitive statement\u201d that it wouldn\u2019t enforce the ban.<\/p>\n

Bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate passed last April a law requiring TikTok\u2019s owner ByteDance to either sell the app or see it banned in the United States due to concerns over potential Chinese surveillance, with Biden quickly signing the bill. And while efforts to force ByteDance to divest go back to Trump\u2019s first administration, he has taken a different tone recently. Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the ban and said he would \u201cmost likely\u201d<\/a> give the company a 90-day extension.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the law Friday; and the Biden administration seemed inclined to leave the app\u2019s fate in the hands of the next president. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that with the law taking effect right before Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday, \u201cactions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration.\u201d Deputy Attorney General<\/a> Lisa Monaco issued a similar statement that \u201cthe next phase of this effort \u2014 implementing and ensuring compliance with the law after it goes into effect on January 19 \u2014 will be a process that plays out over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

TikTok, however, suggested this was not enough assurance for \u201ccritical service providers\u201d to continue listing or hosting the app in the United States unless the Biden administration made the aforementioned \u201cdefinitive statement.\u201d Jean-Pierre called TikTok\u2019s response \u201ca stunt\u201d and claimed there\u2019s \u201cno reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stunt or not, TikTok is gone for now.<\/p>\n

As for the app\u2019s long-term prospects, Trump has said he plans to \u201cnegotiate a resolution\u201d that would presumably involve a sale or other concessions from ByteDance, which has repeatedly said it\u2019s not interested in selling yet seems optimistic about its prospects under Trump. <\/p>\n

Trump reiterated to NBC News<\/a> on Saturday that he will \u201cmost likely\u201d give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban once he takes office Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it\u2019s appropriate. You know, it\u2019s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It\u2019s a very big situation,\u201d Trump told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Many potential buyers have thrown their hats in the ring, hoping for a shot at TikTok\u2019s 170 million users, from billionaire Frank McCourt making a \u201cpeople\u2019s bid\u201d to Perplexity AI proposing a merger.<\/p>\n

There was even a report suggesting that the Chinese government was considering a sale to Elon Musk as part of a broader deal with the Trump administration. A TikTok spokesperson called that report \u201cpure fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, alternative Chinese-owned apps like RedNote and Lemon8 have received a boost as TikTok users search for alternatives. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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