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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by kylehotchkiss on Saturday January 18, 2025 @10:58PM (#42753431)
Might just be your device lang and timezone too.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by ace22b on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:07PM (#42753485)
Signing up for a new non-US account works fine.

As soon as I try to login to my US account it bricks the app.

YMMV.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by jmyeet on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:04PM (#42753467)
I did change my Region to another and using a VPN and still get it but yeah, I suspect they're looking at something extra from the device.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by abotsis on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:13PM (#42753517)
Is this a big surprise? The law banning it was rooted in national security, presumably because of location tracking. Them knowing where users are was kind of the problem…
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by jonahhorowitz on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:25PM (#42753585)
Of course anyone who wanted to, including the Chinese, could just buy that exact data from data brokers in the US. It's readily available.[0] Nobody really believes this was about data.

[0] - https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-...

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by tantalor on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:16PM (#42753529)
No. Canada exists.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by ekwav on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:37AM (#42766789)
Usually the device language is reported with the country attached, should be en_CA or fr_CA.
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