TikTok Explains App 'Outage' After Users Report Glitches, Missing Posts About ICE
TikTok is speaking out about apparent “outage.”
The social media platform issued a statement Monday (January 26), via its newly instated TikTok USDS Joint Venture account following their controversial new ownership.
“Since yesterday we’ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate,” they said.
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“We’re working with our data center partner to stabilize our service. We’re sorry for this disruption and hope to resolve it soon.”
Since yesterday we’ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate. We're working with our data center partner to stabilize our service. We're sorry for this disruption and hope to resolve it soon.
— TikTok USDS Joint Venture (@tiktokusdsjv) January 26, 2026
Users, including Hacks star Megan Stalter, reported having difficulty seeing some content on their For You Pages (FYP), and/or posting content, especially that which was critical of government agency ICE.
“Hi so today I will be downloading my videos and deleting my tiktok page,” Meg wrote over a selfie. “TT is under new ownership and we are being completely censored and monitored.”
“I’m unable to upload anything about [ICE] even after I tried to trick the page by making it look like a comedy video,” Meg continued. “Let’s delete the app love you!”
At the same time, many people have decided to leave the social media platform because of their new ownership deal. See why people are leaving.