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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brittany Miller

‘This is so dystopian’: TikTok influencers in panic as app finally goes dark in the US

On Saturday (January 18) many people across the U.S. logged onto TikTok only for a message to appear on their screens telling them that it “isn’t available right now.”

For weeks, influencers who depended on the app for their income tried to remain hopeful that a U.S. company would purchase it before the ban went into effect,

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