r/technology Jan 19 '25

Social Media TikTok is down in the US

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346961/tiktok-shut-down-banned-in-the-us
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u/jacobjer Jan 19 '25

The Biden administration said it has no intention of upholding this “law” - similar to the federal marijuana laws they don’t enforce.

Law Enforcement is under the DOJ’s purview and that is the under the executive branch.

Reports are that Amazon, and Google and Oracle were concerned of their own liability if the app wasn’t down by midnight so they were going to suspend their insular services that make this app work if they didn’t take it down.

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u/Whycantigetanaccount Jan 19 '25

That's pretty much what Shou said in one of those videos. He can get a 90 stay but that's it. It's law now.