TikTok Goes Dark in U.S. as Federal Ban Takes Effect

As of Saturday night (January 18), TikTok has gone dark for all users in the U.S. Just a few hours ahead of the federal ban set to take full effect (January 19), the app was removed from all prominent App Stores and the app's 170 million American users lost access to their FYPs.Slated to go into effect January 19, starting at around 9:30 pm EST, TikTok users were met with the following message when opening the app: "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately that means you c...