BBCTikTok has stopped working in the United States, hours before a new law banning the platform goes into effect.
A message that appeared on the app stated to US users that a law had been enacted banning TikTok, meaning “you cannot use TikTok at this time.”
“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to bring TikTok back once he takes office,” the letter read.
This comes after the social media platform warned that it “will remain dark” on Sunday unless the outgoing Biden administration provides guarantees that the ban will not be implemented.
President-elect Donald Trump previously said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban once he takes office on Monday.
Users have reported that the app has also been removed from the Google App Store in the US and that TikTok.com is not showing videos.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning the app in the United States unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the platform by January 19, which it has not.
The law, which was passed in April last year, requires ByteDance to sell the American version of the platform to a neutral party to avoid a total ban.
TikTok has challenged the law, arguing that it violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country.
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