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Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong [3] as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), [4] is a short-form video-hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. [5]
The White House said on Friday that Tiktok should remain available to Americans but the timing of the Supreme Court ruling on a law banning the app means it must fall to the Trump administration.
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In October 2020, TikTok users in Armenia reported a loss of app functionality, although it has not been confirmed whether this was the result of any intervention by the Armenian government in response to the use of the app by Azerbaijani sources to spread misinformation during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Charli D'Amelio was the most-followed TikTok user for over 2 years, before being surpassed by Khaby Lame. The following table lists the accounts that were once the most-followed on TikTok, excluding the official TikTok account. Before Khaby Lame became the most-followed TikTok user on 22 June 2022, Charli D'Amelio was