TikTok Temporarily Goes Dark in the United States Following Federal Ban
- The app TikTok became unusable for Americans following a federal ban enacted by the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which President Joe Biden signed in April.
- The law requires service providers to stop supporting TikTok if ByteDance does not divest by Sunday.
- Users received a message stating that the law would force services to be temporarily unavailable and that they are working to restore service in the US as soon as possible.
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