announced some breaking news during Sunday’s show. At the start of the programme, presenter Luxmy Gopal revealed has now been banned in America.
While a breaking news banner appeared at the bottom of the screen, she said: ” has gone offline in the US. A message on the app says the law banning the platform has been enacted, meaning you can’t use for now.”
However, the star highlighted that the newly elected president, , who will take office on Monday, may rectify the issue.
The show then handed the segment over to ‘s technology correspondent Lily Jamali, who spoke live from San Francisco about what happens when she tries to use the social media platform.
Lily replied: “Well when I open up the app, I get this notification. It says, ‘Sorry, isn’t available right now’. So, no cute cat videos or challenges. Just this notification.”
BBC Breakfast interrupted for ‘breaking news’ announcement (Image: BBC)
The correspondent continued to explain the ban’s backstory to viewers. She said, “Last year, Congress enacted a law that was passed on national security grounds.
“They have been concerned, lawmakers have, about Chinese ownership of and what China might do with American user data.”
Lily explained that when states that a “ban” has been enacted, it’s leaving out part of the story, as Congress gave it the option to sell to a US buyer.
fans learned the app had nine months to sell, which it hasn’t yet done. She added, “So, the app has gone dark, on schedule here this Sunday.”
Lilt spoke about the ban live from America (Image: BBC)
Lily told Luxmy that there are many disappointed and disheartened users following the ban. However, many are hopeful will be able to save the app from disappearing in America.
She said: “He () has said that he will. He’s said that he’s spoken to , the Chinese president and is hosting the CEO of at his inauguration as one of his special guests on Monday, so a lot to stay tuned for.
“He has said he’s likely to enact some kind of extension that’s allowed under the law if a sale is in the works, but it’s not. So, the legality of that is a little bit unclear right now.
People holding signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building last year (Image: GETTY)
People have shared their thoughts on the ban on other platforms such as Twitter, with one person saying: “NOOOOOOO ISNT WORKING ITS GONE NO GIVE IT BACK TO ME.”
Another commented: “I keep instinctively opening ..” Someone else wrote: “I just got bored of scrolling on twitter and clicked on on instinct …. Y’all I can’t do it.”
Someone else reeled: “ITS GONE ITS GONE NOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOO.”
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