TikTok Stabilizes After 3-Day Outage

After a three-day period of significant disruption, TikTok's service in the United States has begun to stabilize. Users can now reportedly publish new videos and watch content, a functionality that was problematic since early Sunday morning. TikTok USDS, the new management for the brand in the U.S., stated that substantial progress has been made in recovering its U.S. infrastructure, collaborating with an unnamed data center partner.

Despite the recovery, the company cautions that some technical issues may persist for U.S. users, particularly concerning the posting of new content. The outage was initially blamed on a power failure at a data center, which subsequently caused a widespread systems failure. During the downtime, speculation circulated regarding new terms of service, potential manipulation of the algorithm, and censorship concerns.