TikTok is down within the U.S. the place it has been erased from Apple and Google’s app storefronts, the App Store, and Play Store respectively. Earlier this night, TikTok customers noticed a message when opening the app that mentioned the app could be “briefly unavailable” within the U.S. In this message, TikTok mentioned that it was working to restore the service within the states as quickly as potential and ended the message by saying, “Please keep tuned.”
A second message, titled “Sorry, TikTok is not obtainable proper now,” acknowledged {that a} legislation banning TikTok has been enacted within the U.S. “Unfortunately meaning you’ll be able to’t use TikTok for now.” This message went on to say, “We are lucky that President Trump has indicated that he’ll work with us in an answer to reinstate TikTok as soon as he takes workplace. Please keep tuned!” Trump will change into president as soon as once more when he’s inaugurated on Monday.
TikTok goes darkish on Saturday night time. | Image credit-PhoneArena
While it will seem that Trump has gone from being a critic of TikTok to being a robust supporter of the positioning, in actuality nothing has modified. Although the incoming president talks about being a TikTok star, he nonetheless desires the app out of the arms of a Chinese firm like ByteDance and offered to an American individual or agency similar to he did in 2020.