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A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,
A country that claims to have the most freedom of speech has carried out the most brutal suppression of an internet application,
said Hu, who is now a political commentator We regret that a US law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19 and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable,
read a notification to US users who opened the app Saturday night If I decide to do that, I'll probably announce it on Monday,
We're working to restore our service in the US as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned,
I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it's appropriate. You know, it's appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It's a very big situation,
Trump said in the phone interview Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now."
Some users who visited TikTok's app and website on Saturday were greeted with a message that said We have laid out our position clearly and straightforwardly: actions to implement this law will fall to the next administration,
We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server,
said a message on the page the previously hosted TikTok on the Google Play store Rest assured, we will do everything in our power to ensure our platform thrives as your online home for limitless creativity and discovery as well as a source of inspiration and joy for years to come,
Chew said in a TikTok video This app is currently not available in your country or region,
A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned."
TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, told users attempting to use the app around 10:45 p.m. ET (0345 GMT I didn’t really think that they would cut off TikTok. Now I’m sad and I miss the friends I made there. Hoping it all comes back in just a few days,
China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,
This is my new home now,
wrote one user in a RedNote post, tagged with the words "tiktokrefugee" and "sad." This is a promise Trump made and it is a promise he used to get a large number of young people to vote for him,
TikTok influencer Tiffany Cianci said The US government has determined that this is a surveillance tool and not an ordinary social media business. However, if it is just a business as you claim, then you should be happy to sell it because businesses are motivated by money, and you will get paid literally all the money for a platform as valuable as this."
The TikTok legislation essentially said No, we don't want to risk anyone being able to look at the insides of our spycraft tool; the money is not important; we'll just shut the whole thing down."
But in response, instead of selling TikTok or, as an alternative, maintaining the still-abundant revenue stream from legacy users in the US and foregoing any future business expansion, ByteDance and its Chinese intelligence overlords effectively said China is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, which submitted a brief in the case against TikTok Beijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow and expert in U.S.-China relations at the Hudson Institute think tank
