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TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before the new law banning the platform takes effect.
A message that appears on the app for US users says that a law has been passed banning TikTok, meaning “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 restore TikTok once he takes office,” it said.
It comes after the social media platform warned it would “go dark” on Sunday unless the outgoing Biden administration gave assurances the ban would not be enforced.
President-elect Donald Trump said he would “most likely” give a 90-day delay to the ban on TikTok after he takes office on Monday.
Users are reporting that the app has also been removed from the US Apple and Google app stores, and TikTok.com is not showing videos.
“The 90-day extension is something that will most likely be done because it’s appropriate,” Trump said NBC News on Saturday.
“If I decide to do it, I’ll probably announce it on Monday.
The White House said it was up to the incoming administration to take action.
“We see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take action in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday,” spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a law passed in April last year banning the app in the US unless China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by Sunday, which it has not done.
TikTok claims the law violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country.
After the decision, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew addressed Trump, thanking him for his “commitment to work with us to find a solution.”
Mr. Chu is expected to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
In the coming hours to the social media platform that goes offlinecontent creators posted videos to say goodbye to their followers.
Creator Nicole Bloomgarden told the BBC that not having TikTok would result in a significant pay cut.
Another user, Erica Thompson, said the platform’s educational content would be the community’s “biggest loss.”
TikTok users were greeted with a message earlier Saturday that said the law would “force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We are working to restore our service in the US as soon as possible.”
