Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

[Mary Wilson]

PUBLISHED SAT, JAN 18 202511:00 PM EST
UPDATED 31 MIN AGO​
Jonathan Vanian
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KEY POINTS

• Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
• The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the popular short-form video app on their devices. TikTok also shut down the service.
• The app’s delisting comes after the Supreme Court on Friday decided unanimously to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/18/app...k-from-stores-as-app-halts-service-in-us.html
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[Mary Wilson]

​​​​​​Oracle prepares to start shutting TikTok servers from 0200 GMT, The Information reports​

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Story by Reuters

(Reuters) -Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data as soon as 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday)​ ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/top...-0200-gmt-the-information-reports/ar-AA1xrxWY

 

[sharon sanders]

Tiktok has been back online in the US for several hours.

 

[Mary Wilson]

About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps in the United States

​Published Date: January 19, 2025​

TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps are no longer available in the United States, and visitors to the United States might have limited access to features.

Apple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates. Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025. ...

If you live in the United States

If you already have these apps installed on your device, they will remain on your device. But they can’t be redownloaded if deleted or restored if you move to a new device. In-app purchases and new subscriptions are no longer possible.

Users in the United States won’t receive updates for these apps, which could potentially impact performance, security, and compatibility with future versions of iOS and iPadOS, and some app functions might become limited or stop working since the app can’t receive updates. ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121596

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[Mary Wilson]

Andrew Hatchett

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6 hr. ago

The New Law banning TikTok is written in such a way that it prevents App Stores from offering it for download and requires heavy fines for violation of this provision. Thus, both Google Play and Apple Play are prevented from offering it. You can try to download it direct from TikTok but that may not work.

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https://support.google.com/googlepl... New Law banning TikTok,but that may not work.