TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban
Sunday, 19 January 2025 () The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
The Supreme Court upheld the law banning the popular social media app today -- noting the law is constitutional, so the ban is set to begin Sunday, the day before Trump's inauguration.
Tiktok shuts down ahead of the federal ban, stemming from national security concerns about its Chinese ownership (ByteDance), forced the app offline. Despite legal challenges by TikTok, the Supreme..
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Sunday, 19 January 2025 ()
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