TikTok Is Down in the US

 (theverge.com)

23 points | by dblitt5 hours ago

6 comments

  • sans_souse4 hours ago
    Countdown til the "SHOW HN: Bypass Tik Tok's newly implemented region lock-out"

    12 hrs? I'll probably take the under..

  • Yawrehto5 hours ago
    Why is my brain blanking on all possible puns about TikTok's time running out?

    Anyway, this feels early. Especially in California; they're banning four and a half hours before they need to, and I assume it's even earlier in Alaska and Hawaii. Even here in the East Coast they banned an hour and a half before it was needed.

    • ellisv5 hours ago
      The US Virgin Islands are an hour ahead of Eastern time.
    • colechristensen5 hours ago
      Well you don't want your engineers to be awake doing something at midnight Saturday, and you want some leeway if it doesn't work correctly so you don't have to deal with the consequences of breaking the law. Especially because there's significant pressure from your vendors who don't want to be liable.

      Killing something only a few hours before it's legally required isn't early.

  • sans_souse5 hours ago
    This feels so gimmicky and political. It's just a platform. It's certainly not the only app on the Play Store that steals user data.
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