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TikTok shuts down in the US


How long will this temporary shutdown last?

On Saturday evening, starting at 9PM ET, a warning message appeared in two ByteDance apps, TikTok and CapCut, telling users that: We regret that a US law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19th and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. A message now appears in the app saying that TikTok “isn’t available right now” but that the company expects a resolution under President-elect Trump:

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