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TikTok Goes Dark for US Users, App Stores Remove Platform

TikTok on Saturday suspended its services for US-based users while Apple Inc. and Google removed the platform from their mobile app stores to avoid penalties under a new law, as the social media company awaits a possible reprieve from President-elect Donald Trump to continue operations.
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TikTok is no longer available for users in the US following an official ban on Jan. 19. (Shutterstock)

“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,” TikTok said in a notification on the platform to users late Saturday. “Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.”

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Further Reading

US Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok

The justices ruled that the law, passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress last year and signed by Democratic President Joe Biden, did not violate the US Constitution’s First Amendment protection against government abridegment of free speech.

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