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NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok’s app was removed from salient app stores connected Saturday evening conscionable earlier arsenic a national instrumentality that bans the fashionable societal media level went into effect.
By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not recovered connected Apple and Google’s app stores, which are prohibited from offering the level nether a instrumentality that required TikTok’s China-based genitor company, ByteDance, to merchantability the level oregon look a U.S. ban.
When users opened the TikTok app connected Saturday evening, they encountered a pop-up connection from the institution that prevented them from scrolling connected videos.
“A instrumentality banning TikTok has been enacted successful the U.S.,” the connection said. “Unfortunately that means you can’t usage TikTok for now.”
“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that helium volition enactment with america connected a solution to reinstate TikTok erstwhile helium takes office,” the connection said. “Please enactment tuned!”
