TikTok tells users it will be ‘temporarily unavailable’ in the US on Sunday

January 19, 2025 - 11:12 AM
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TikToker and "newsfluencer" Joe Andaloro, who goes by the TikTok handle @joy.of.everything, films a TikTok video outside the U.S. headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S. January 18, 2025. (Reuters/Fred Greaves)

 TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be “temporarily unavailable” on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect in the United States.

Users logging on were met with a message that said the law would “force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We’re working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible.” Users on Saturday could still click through the message and operate the app.

—Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by William Mallard