The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.

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,

The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

US president-elect Donald Trump suggested that he will ‘most likely’ give the app a 90-day extension on Monday, when he assumes office.

A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing the video-sharing platform to U.S. users takes effect on Sunday.

Popular video sharing app TikTok is facing a potential ban in the US if Biden administration does not give assurances to Google and Apple.

Here’s everything you need to know about TikTok: when it will go dark, whether Trump can save it, who might buy the app—and how to get your TikTok tombstone.

TikTok faces a U.S. ban starting on Sunday if it does not cut ties with ByteDance, although President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he would likely give the short-video social-media platform a 9

India’s 2020 crackdown helped give rise to Instagram Reels, which has largely replaced it there. But TikTok has proved more resilient elsewhere.

Kesha is trying to make light of the looming U.S. TikTok ban by reminding fans that her hit song ‘Tik Tok’ is ‘forever’