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It's coming back: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutdown-ends https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutd... Anecdote
by yencabulator 2y ago
It's coming back: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutdown-ends https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutd...
Anecdote says the app is currently having network trouble, so I expect there's some devops minions having a sweaty moment, but the ban is (to be) postponed (and in the meanwhile not enforced).
- abduhl 2y agoI cannot even imagine the indemnity provisions that were entered into by TikTok to give its network providers enough risk mitigation to turn the taps back on. As far as I can see, the app stores still are not listing ByteDance-related apps so it seems that TikTok could not assure Apple and Google.
- coin 2y ago> against arbitrary censorship Such hypocrisy given that the non-China version of TikTok is banned in China.