US EditionTikTok Says a Power Outage Caused Widespread Issues for Users
TikTok users faced login and upload failures tied to new US ownership and algorithm retraining, with thousands reporting outages via DownDetector over the weekend.
- On Sunday, TikTok experienced a widespread U.S. outage disrupting users and creators just days after its U.S. arm transfer; Downdetector showed issues persisted into Monday.
- TikTok announced on Thursday that it had established TikTok USDS Joint Venture to comply with a law requiring divestment from ByteDance, led by three managing investors including Oracle, each holding a 15% stake.
- DownDetector recorded more than 500,000 user reports on Sunday, while many creators found uploads stuck `under review` for hours and For You Pages reset to generic or foreign-language content.
- The company said TikTok USDS Joint Venture attributed the disruption to `a power outage at a US data center.` and denied intentional suppression, warning new posts may take longer to circulate.
- Amid concerns about moderation and ownership changes, new U.S. owners control content moderation and must retrain the algorithm on U.S. user data, while updated terms collecting location and AI data rolled out Sunday.
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