WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be "temporarily unavailable" on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect in the US.
Users logging on were met with a message that said the law would "force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We're working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible." Users on Saturday could still click through the message and operate the app.
Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data as soon as 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday) in advance of a U.S. law banning the app from Sunday, The Information reported.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)