TikTok is no longer available in the US

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Ian Carlos Campbell is a Contributing Reporter at Engadget, where he covers the big companies making screens for your pockets, and the weird ways they intersect with entertainment industry. Prior to Engadget, Ian was an Associate Editor at Inverse focused on AR, VR and mobile technology.

The switch has flipped on the TikTok ban. TikTok's app stoped working and was removed from the App Store and Google Play on Saturday night, just hours before the January 19, ban was set to take effect.

People who have previously installed the app are instead greeted with a pop-up."Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now," it says."A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. 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.

The notice gives users the option to close the app or"learn more," which directs to a page on TikTok's website withof the"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Apps Act" by President Biden, TikTok had six months to divest itself from Chinese parent company ByteDance.

Should an extension come, it's not clear what kind of arrangement the company may work out to remain in the US after all. Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted a bid

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