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TikTok starts going dark across the US

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San Francisco | TikTok stopped working in the United States and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores hours before a law took effect on Sunday (AEDT) requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans.

Chinese-owned TikTok told users attempting to use the app late on Saturday (Sunday AEDT): “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.”

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