New York, January 19: TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect.
TikTok Officially Goes Offline in the US
JUST IN - TikTok officially goes offline in the US. pic.twitter.com/QpJU97grSh
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By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google's app stores, which are prohibited from offering the platform under a law that required TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a US ban. TikTok Ban To Be Put on Hold? Donald Trump ‘Most Likely’ To Grant ByteDance-Owned TikTok 90-Day Reprieve From Potential Ban in US.
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