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It's coming back: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutd...

Anecdote says the app is currently having network trouble, so I expect there's some devops minions having a sweaty moment, but the ban is (to be) postponed (and in the meanwhile not enforced).




I cannot even imagine the indemnity provisions that were entered into by TikTok to give its network providers enough risk mitigation to turn the taps back on. As far as I can see, the app stores still are not listing ByteDance-related apps so it seems that TikTok could not assure Apple and Google.


> against arbitrary censorship

Such hypocrisy given that the non-China version of TikTok is banned in China.




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