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Tech Brief (Jan. 29): TikTok Outage Puts New U.S. Operations to the Test

TikTok outage puts new U.S. operations to the test

TikTok is grappling with widespread service disruptions in the U.S. after a severe winter storm knocked out power at an Oracle Corp. data center, testing the resilience of its operations under a new American-owned structure. The technical issues began over the weekend when a power outage triggered “a cascading systems failure,” TikTok USDS Joint Venture LCC said in a statement, adding that users may experience issues like bugs, slower load times, or timed-out requests, including when posting new content. 

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