TikTok goes dark in the US
Moment · 2025
TikTok went dark in the US for around 14 hours in January 2025.
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- Jan 18 ’25 to Jan 19 ’25
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- Started on TikTok
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Trace the originTikTok stopped working in the US. Users reacted on X and Instagram; Trump promised an order, and TikTok began restoring service the next day.
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Timeline (19)
January 2025
US Supreme Court precursor · Jan 17 ’25
The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling upholding the divest-or-ban law.[1]
TikTok precursor · Jan 18 ’25
TikTok warned it would go dark without assurances for service providers.[2]
TikTok seed · Jan 18 ’25
TikTok stopped working for US users around 10:30 p.m. Eastern time.[3]
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- TikTok-reported US users before outage“over 170 million Americans”170M[9]
Press (5 outlets)
- Jan 18, 2025same day
CNN · CNN Newsroom: TikTok goes offline
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