TikTok starts going dark for users in the United States, disappears from Apple and Google app stores

“Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now,” the message read.

Hours before a federal law banning TikTok from the United States was set to take effect Sunday, the Chinese-owned social media app went dark, and U.S. users could no longer access videos on the platform. Instead, the app greeted them with a message that said “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”