The updates could mark an effort to attract users to spend more time on the platform amid uncertainty over the future of TikTok.

The US is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. But many questions around what exactly this ban will look like,

TikTok is now officially off limits for its US devotees, after a statewide ban came into force two hours ahead of schedule that outlawed the video sharing app

TikTok on Friday said that it would turn off more than 170 million Americans’ access to the super popular video app on Sunday, unless President Joe Biden’s administration acts urgently to assure the company it will not be punished for violating the terms of its looming ban.

TikTok officially went dark for users of the popular social media late Saturday night, just a few hours before a ban was set to take effect.

Many Austin-based influencers make the majority of their income from TikTok. Read about eight who wonder what happens next if the app is banned.

A third of U.S. adults say they use TikTok, including 59% of adults under 30 who use the app. And about half of U.S. adult TikTok users (52%) say they regularly get news there; that works out to 17% of all U.

TikTok has gone dark in the U.S. following a federal ban, leaving 170 million users without access. The app, removed from Apple and Google stores, cited legal restrictions but hinted at a possible solution under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

(CNN) — TikTok went offline in the United States Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect. The extraordinary blackout prevents access to one of the world’s most popular social media apps – one that had been used by 170 million Americans.

Two content creators on the peninsula have used the app to grow community pride. They plan to pivot if TikTok is banned.