TikTok switched off and on again, causing a premature mass mourning from TikTok users and creators, who came together to post about their experiences using the app.

James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

TikTok restored its US services on Sunday, easing the concerns of content creators who make their living off the platform — at least for now.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies.

Bluesky also noted that developers are working on alternatives for TikTok using the AT Protocol, or Authenticated Transfer Protocol, the decentralized protocol behind the social media service. These include upcoming apps such as Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social and Bluescreen.Blue.

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X has announced that they are rolling out a new dedicated vertical video feed for users in the US, presumably hoping to replace TikTok.

The platform is in need of saving in the United States, where approximately 170 million people have TikTok accounts. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that will ban the platform on Jan. 19 unless TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance divests its U.S. operations.

Now that TikTok has been disabled for US users, these rival apps can help you get your fix of short-form video.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

For decades, China's Great Firewall has isolated its citizens from the Western world, but the influx of American TikTok users on another Chinese-owned app is starting to breach the divide.