It's not the first time TikTok has sent a politically motivated pop-up message about the U.S. government's efforts to ban the app due to concerns over its Chinese ownership. In March 2024, the app asked users to call their representatives to ask for an end to the ban.

Social media platform TikTok said it will be "forced to go dark" on Sunday unless the White House gives a "definitive" statement about its future, the company said in an announcement Friday night.

The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.

TikTok and ByteDance, as well as some TikTok content creators, sued to stop the ban from taking effect, citing free speech concerns, but they lost in front of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court.

President-elect Donald Trump could take multiple approaches to save TikTok, which is set to cease operations in the United States next week. Trump recently petitioned the Supreme Court to halt a ban on TikTok in the U.

President-elect Donald Trump said he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day grace period to avoid getting banned once he takes office on Jan. 20.

TikTok went dark Saturday night. A social media hub for tens of millions in the United States, there is a wide-reaching impact--not just politically--but economically.

U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled prohibiting TikTok, the Chinese-owned app, is necessary to address security risks. TikTok looks to President-elect Trump for last-minute reprieve.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.

An official Pokemon TikTok account says goodbye to its fans in the U.S. as the nationwide ban of the social media app hits its deadline.

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect on Sunday requiring the shutdown of the platform used by 170 million Americans.