Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:30am on 19 Jan 2025,Sunday International
TikTok has gone offline in the US just hours before a ban on the platform was set to take effect. The app displayed a message citing the law and expressed hope for resolution under President-elect Donald Trump, who hinted at a potential 90-day reprieve. The ban, passed last year, demands ByteDance, TikTok's China-based owner, to sell its US operations. TikTok, with 170M US users, argues the ban violates free speech. The app has also been removed from app stores, leaving creators, like Nicole Bloomgarden, facing income losses. Users mourn the loss of TikTok’s educational and creative content.
