With a TikTok ban set to come into effect in the US on Sunday, the app faces an uncertain future stateside. According to Sky News, it was ruled by the US Supreme Court that from Sunday (19 January), TikTok will be removed from Google and Android stores if it is not sold by it's parent company - leaving many Americans without access to the app.

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This week, the US Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s appeal and unanimously upheld the law banning the app.

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‘No plans’ for UK TikTok ban

TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be "temporarily unavailable" on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect in the United States. Users logging on were met with a message that said the law would "force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We're working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible." Users on Saturday could still click through the message and operate the app.(Except for the…

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'Temporarily Unavailable': TikTok Users In US Receive A Message

TikTok is not the only app that went dark ahead of Sunday's ban. Here are six others removed from the Apple App and Google Play stores.

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Social media platform Tik Tok has stopped working in the US shortly before a ban on the Chinese-owned app is due to begin.

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Companies followed the measures required by a law that came into effect this Sunday

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Apple e Google removem TikTok de suas lojas de aplicativos nos EUA

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Apple and Google remove TikTok from their US app stores

Despondent American TikTokers searching high and low for a fix after the beloved social app went dark are having a tough time getting around the ban.

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Sad TikTokers get even sadder after learning VPN won’t save them from US ban

TIKTOK has shut down in the US for 170 million users as the federal ban came into force. App users who tried logging on were simply met with a message telling them they could no longer use the video-sharing platform. GettyTikTok is gone in the US – for now[/caption]
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The ban has been enforced over security fears regarding the app due to its ownership by …

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TikTok shuts down in the US for 170million users as ban comes into force

TikTok creators have been devastated by news of a ban in the US (Picture: Getty / TikTok) TikTok’s days are numbered after the Supreme Court backed a ban in the US. Lawmakers had told the social media platform’s China-based owner to sell up or move on when Congress passed a law to otherwise ban it last year. Instead, owner ByteDance appealed to the USA’s highest court, which has now ruled 9-0 in favour of the law. Now TikTok’s 170million US user…

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Why is TikTok getting banned in the US - and could it happen in the UK?

TikTok went dark in the United States on Saturday night — hours before a law banning the popular video-sharing platform was expected to go into effect.  The Biden administration said Friday that it did not plan to enforce the law and would instead leave its implementation to the incoming Trump administration.   President-elect Trump will officially return…

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Fans are likely to shift to other platforms, but the user experience will not match what TikTok offered.

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How US TikTok ban could affect users in the UK as it's set to happen on Sunday

How US TikTok ban could affect users in the UK as it's set to happen on Sunday

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