TikTok Goes Dark In The US…. And Apparently Other Places As Well
As expected, TikTok is no longer available to US users. When you try to log into TikTok, you get this message:
And this:
Clearly they are counting on incoming president Donald Trump to save them. And he’s indicated that he’s willing to give them a 90 day lifeline to sell themselves to a US entity. That’s closer to his view on TikTok the last time he was US President. But considering that the bill that banned TikTok had broad support from both Democrats and Republicans, and that TikTok’s corporate masters ByteDance have made it clear that they aren’t going to sell, I have to wonder if he will actually be able to get TikTok back online.
Speaking of TikTok being online, several threads have appeared on the Linus Tech Tips subreddit that TikTok is not accessible in other places. Canada and Thailand have been listed as places where TikTok no longer works. And a trip to the TikTok subreddit shows Mexico among other places cannot access TikTok either. I am going to guess that TikTok’s infrastructure likely is designed in such a way that a shut down in the US means a shut down for a lot of other places as well. But we’ll will have to see if that continues to be true in the coming hours and days. In the here and now, TikTok isn’t accessible for millions of people.
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TikTok Goes Dark In The US…. And Apparently Other Places As Well
As expected, TikTok is no longer available to US users. When you try to log into TikTok, you get this message:
And this:
Clearly they are counting on incoming president Donald Trump to save them. And he’s indicated that he’s willing to give them a 90 day lifeline to sell themselves to a US entity. That’s closer to his view on TikTok the last time he was US President. But considering that the bill that banned TikTok had broad support from both Democrats and Republicans, and that TikTok’s corporate masters ByteDance have made it clear that they aren’t going to sell, I have to wonder if he will actually be able to get TikTok back online.
Speaking of TikTok being online, several threads have appeared on the Linus Tech Tips subreddit that TikTok is not accessible in other places. Canada and Thailand have been listed as places where TikTok no longer works. And a trip to the TikTok subreddit shows Mexico among other places cannot access TikTok either. I am going to guess that TikTok’s infrastructure likely is designed in such a way that a shut down in the US means a shut down for a lot of other places as well. But we’ll will have to see if that continues to be true in the coming hours and days. In the here and now, TikTok isn’t accessible for millions of people.
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This entry was posted on January 19, 2025 at 11:00 am and is filed under Commentary with tags TikTok. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.