Changes have been made to TikTok’s ban. The TikTok app stopped working and was removed from the App Store and Google Play on Saturday night, a few hours before January 19, the ban went into effect.

People who have installed the app instead are greeted with a pop-up. “Sorry, TikTok is currently unavailable,” it says. “A ban on TikTok has been implemented in the US. Unfortunately, this means you can’t use TikTok right now. We are fortunate that President Trump has also said that he will work with us on a solution to TikTok when he takes office. Please. Listen.”

The notification gives users the option to close the app or “learn more,” which points to a page on the TikTok website and common language. Existing users can also download their data from the site.

Following this passage of “Protecting Americans from Laws Directed by Foreign Enemies” by President Biden, TikTok had six months to separate itself from the Chinese company ByteDance. The company decided to fight the law, bring the case to the Supreme Court that his First Amendment rights were violated by the measure. Supreme Court he was not shaking.

Like part of the banThe Apple App Store, Google Play Store and every other app store must remove TikTok or face a $5,000 fine for every US downloader who downloads the app. White House officials said earlier in the week that the ban it would not be forced in the final hours of President Joe Biden, but TikTok said the government “failed to provide the necessary information and assurance to service providers that is necessary to make TikTok available to more than 170 million Americans.”

Several attempts are designed to ban TikTok in the US on the concerns of spiesbut this is the first time that a person has been temporarily detained. President-elect Donald Trump was chief supporter of prohibition during his first term in office and, ironically, is TikTok’s only hope of survival after being relaunched. Earlier on Saturday, Trump told NBC News that he “could” expand the company within 90 days of taking office.

If an increase does come, it is not clear what plan the company will take to remain in the US. Perplexity AI is reportedly funded meet with TikTok US, Price CNBC report. Others, including investor Kevin O’Leary (of Shark Tank fame) too he made up his mind.

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