TikTok Goes Dark for U.S. Users Amid Federal Ban
On Sunday, January 19, 2025, TikTok became inaccessible to millions of U.S. users as a federal ban took effect, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold a law requiring the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest its U.S. operations by this date. Users attempting to access the app were met with a message stating, "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now."…