January 18, 2025
An estimated 170 Million American TikTok users in the United States are reciving a message that TikTok is not available right now due to the TikTok ban. The application was shut down about two hours before midnight eastern time just befefore the January 19, 2025 deadline. The law was set to take effect just one day prior to the next president taking office.
Lawmakers and U.S. Officials claim that there are supposed security risks with TikTok and its parent company ByteDance and its ties to China.
When users try to access their TikTok account a message says, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.”
“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”
The message also says you can still log in the website to download your data.
