TikTok is still down, here are all the latest updates – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2026-01-27T18:11:31+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/868379 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Richard Lawler <![CDATA[TikTok US is mostly back up and running]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=868679 2026-01-27T13:11:31-05:00 2026-01-27T12:05:01-05:00

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.

A statement from TikTok USDS, the new Trump admin-assigned owners and operators of the brand in the United States, said it has "made significant progress in recovering our U.S. infrastructure" with its still-unnamed US data cen …

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]]> Emma Roth <![CDATA[TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=867873 2026-01-26T11:26:53-05:00 2026-01-26T11:20:32-05:00

TikTok says a power outage is causing ongoing issues and outages that started in the US early Sunday morning. In an email to The Verge, TikTok USDS spokesperson Jamie Favazza pointed to a statement posted to the joint venture's newly-created X account, which says the company has been "working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate."

On Sunday, many US users, including some of us here at The Verge, reported not being able to upload videos to TikTok or see most new videos, including new videos uploaded successfully by users from outside the US. Others said that their a …

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]]> Dominic Preston <![CDATA[TikTok USA is broken]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=867625 2026-01-27T12:19:35-05:00 2026-01-26T10:37:49-05:00

TikTok has suffered from extensive problems on its first weekend after completing a transaction that changed the ownership of its US arm. According to Downdetector, the issues initially spiked in the early hours of Sunday morning, but many users, including editors here at The Verge, are still reporting errors.

On Monday morning, TikTok USDS head of communications Jamie Favazza responded to our inquiries, pointing to a post on a newly-created X account for the US joint venture that said its current issues are the result of a data center power outage.

TikTok USDS:

Since yesterday we've been working to restore our services following a pow …

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