In a new notification sent to users, TIkTok has confirmed it is shutting down in the United States effective as of January 19. The company says it is “working to restore” its service in the U.S. “as soon as possible.”
Here’s the full text of the notification that you’ll see when you open TikTok this evening:
Important update from TikTok
We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19 and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable.
We’re working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned.
As of 9 p.m. ET on January 18, TikTok is still accessible in the United States. That is expected to change once the clock strikes midnight and the calendar flips to January 19.
The decision to shut down comes as TikTok’s China-linked parent company ByteDance failed to circumvent a law in the United States requiring it to sell the app or face a federal ban. ByteDance was given nine months to offload TikTok, and that timeline officially expires at midnight tonight. TikTok took its case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the law on Friday.
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