TikTok Taken Offline in the United States

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TikTok has been taken offline in the United States hours before a nationwide ban on the app was set to come into effect. It has also been removed from U.S. Apple and Google app stores. A message to users attempting to access the app references comments made by incoming U.S. president Donald Trump, who said he's considering delaying the ban.

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00:00TikTok has gone dark in the United States hours before a nationwide ban on the app is

00:05set to come into effect. Users attempting to access the app are met with a message that

00:11reads, sorry, TikTok isn't available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted

00:17in the U.S. It then alludes to comments Donald Trump made recently about possibly delaying

00:22the ban after he takes office on January 20th. TikTok has also been removed from Apple and

00:29Google app stores. Lawmakers voted to block the video hosting app last year, saying its

00:34Chinese links pose a risk to national security.

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