"As we moved into the third day of the TikTokalypse, the app appears to have finally stabilized in the US, as we verified that it's possible to consistently publish new videos and even have other people watch them. That hasn't been a simple task since the service started having problems early Sunday morning, but on Tuesday morning, I was able to post a new short video and watch one published by my colleague in the UK."
"TikTok USDS has said that the problem started due to a power outage at a data center, followed by a " cascading systems failure." In the meantime, theories and rumors have swirled about TikTok's new terms of service, the goals of its new owners, how the algorithm in the US may be manipulated, and the possibility of censorship around topics like ICE's actions in Minneapolis and Jeffrey Epstein."
TikTok's US service experienced multi-day instability but has largely stabilized, allowing users to publish and view new videos. Initial problems began early Sunday and persisted into Tuesday, when posting and cross-region viewing were intermittently possible. TikTok USDS reported significant progress recovering U.S. infrastructure with an unnamed U.S. data center partner, while warning that some technical issues may continue, especially when posting. The company attributed the outage to a power outage at a data center followed by a cascading systems failure. Public concern included potential changes to terms of service, algorithm manipulation, censorship of sensitive topics, and some users deleting accounts or switching apps.
Read at The Verge
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