tech
January 26, 2026
TikTok USA is broken
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TL;DR
- TikTok's US services faced extensive issues on the weekend following the completion of its ownership transaction.
- Users reported problems logging in, uploading videos, and experiencing a non-personalized 'For You Page'.
- TikTok USDS attributed the disruptions to a data center power outage.
- Videos uploaded from the US were reportedly stuck 'under review' indefinitely, while some international uploads were only visible outside the US.
- The issues coincided with the new ownership of TikTok's US arm by an investment consortium including Oracle.
- New terms of service for US users include data collection policies and US data-based algorithm retraining.