SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — TikTok restored its service on Sunday after a short lived shutdown Saturday night time that left 170 million American customers unable to entry the app. The outage additionally disrupted many influencers who depend on the platform for his or her livelihoods.
San Francisco content material creator Anna Brown, recognized to her 2.4 million TikTok followers as “AnnaTwinsies,” says the ban was worrisome. Her content material typically exhibits her day by day life along with her two units of twins.
Brown tells ABC7 Information she earns between $5,000 and $20,000 per branded put up and 90% of her revenue comes from TikTok.
“The final couple of weeks, everybody has been speaking about it,” Brown stated. “However I used to be actually considering they may determine one thing out to stop it. Some say perhaps a VPN will work, or you would have somebody overseas handle the account, however nobody for certain is aware of what is going on to occur.”
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Brown famous that she has a backup plan if TikTok turns into unavailable.
“Fortunately for me, my Instagram account began taking off this 12 months,” she stated. A examine of her Instagram exhibits over a million followers. “I might most likely be capable to make it with out TikTok.”
TikTok launched a press release thanking former President Donald Trump, who is predicted to challenge an government order delaying any potential ban for 90 days. Nevertheless, the small print of such an order stay unclear. The regulation permits for a president to try this so long as Tiktok’s Chinese language house owners are within the technique of promoting. However father or mother firm ByteDance has stated it won’t promote.
Trump beforehand issued an government order in 2020 aiming to take away TikTok from U.S. app shops, citing nationwide safety issues.
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