(Gray News)—As the U.S. ban on TikTok approaches, the popular platform started informing users Saturday night that it would soon be unavailable.
Many users received a pop-up message on the platform saying, “We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19 and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We’re working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned.”
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok unless its China-based parent company sells it.
While the administration of President Joe Biden has signaled it won’t enforce the law, which begins Sunday on his last full day in office, TikTok has said it needed more “clarity and assurance.”
The company said Friday it would otherwise “be forced to go dark on January 19.”
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the platform to avoid a U.S. ban.
Copyright 2025 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.