TikTok will be ‘momentarily not available’ in the United States beginning tonight
TikTok is formally going dark in the United States now that a federal restriction on the app is set to enter into result on January 19th. Around 9PM ET, the app started informing individuals in the United States with a message that stated the restriction will "make our services momentarily not available." The message goes on to state that TikTok is "working to restore our service in the United States as rapidly as possible"-- a result that will need action from the inbound Trump administration one method or another. A comparable message is appearing in the CapCut video editor, which is likewise owned by TikTok's Chinese moms and dad business ByteDance.Inside TikTok, an internal memo seen by The Verge calls the news "frustrating" however informs workers that "President Trump has actually sh...