TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law to ban the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.

After several attempts, finally came the moment when ByteDance's platform, TikTok disappears from the United States after a legal battle.

TikTok says it is officially going dark in the United States now that a federal ban of the app is going into effect. Around 6 PM Pacific time, the app began notifying people in the US, including Verge staffers,

TikTok is unavailable for millions of users in the United States, reports say. NBC News reports the app began displaying a message saying, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.”

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.

In a surprise turn of events, American TikTok users could not reload their apps roughly two hours before the U.S. ban was set to take effect.

"We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office," the TikTok landing page reads

It's not the first time TikTok has sent a politically motivated pop-up message about the U.S. government's efforts to ban the app due to concerns over its Chinese ownership. In March 2024, the app asked users to call their representatives to ask for an end to the ban.

Washington: TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday after no action was taken shortly before a national ban was

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