**TikTok Ban Live Updates: App Unavailable in U.S. Following Supreme Court Decision**

 Users attempting to access the app were met with a pop-up message stating, "A law banning TikTok has been enacted."

Updated Jan. 19, 2025, 7:45 PM GMT+6

Here’s what to know about the TikTok ban:

TikTok became inaccessible in the United States on Saturday evening, just hours before a law banning the platform was set to take effect. Users attempting to access the app were met with a pop-up message stating, "A law banning TikTok has been enacted."

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ban in a Friday ruling, rejecting a free speech challenge brought by TikTok. In response, the company confirmed plans to make the app unavailable to U.S. users by the end of the weekend.

The ban stems from a law signed by President Joe Biden in April, which required TikTok to sever its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or face shutdown. Enforcement of the ban, however, has been deferred to the incoming Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump, in a phone interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker, stated that he would "most likely" grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the potential ban.

The move has sparked widespread reactions from American users, many of whom are mourning the loss of the app, which had become a central part of internet culture.