TikTok has gone down — for now. The popular video-sharing app, used by 170 million Americans, went dark late Saturday after TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company announced that they will make their services “temporarily unavailable.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.

After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.

TikTok’s time will expire on Jan. 19 if no buyer is found or the Supreme Court rules in the app’s favor. Here’s what to know.

Report of the TikTok CEO’s attendance at the inauguration comes as the Supreme Court appears prepared to uphold a law banning the platform or forcing its sale.

As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.

For context: In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that would ban TikTok in the US if its parent company, ByteDance, failed to sell the app within a year (as in, right around now). This started the divest-or-ban clock for ByteDance to make its move.

A change to China’s export rules could give Beijing sign off on any deal that would force the internet giant ByteDance to give up TikTok.

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