TikTok blocked access to American users late Saturday night, just hours before a law banning the popular video-sharing platform was set to go into effect.

“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now,” a message reads when American users open the app.

“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”

As of 11 p.m. ET Saturday, TikTok appeared to be unavailable for new downloads on Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store – two of the most popular distributors for the video sharing platform.

It comes after days of speculation and confusion over the platform’s future.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the divest-or-ban law, which gave TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance until Sunday to........

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