Source: Bloomberg
Summary
TikTok suffered a brief outage on February 24, just days after its parent company ByteDance divested the app’s U.S. operations. The outage affected users worldwide and was resolved within hours. The cause of the outage was not disclosed. This incident follows a series of outages and technical issues experienced by TikTok in recent months. ByteDance’s divestment of TikTok’s U.S. operations is part of the company’s efforts to address concerns over data security.
Our Reading
The launch follows a familiar script.
TikTok’s outage is just another example of the app’s technical issues. The timing of the outage, just days after ByteDance divested the app’s U.S. operations, is interesting. It’s not like we haven’t seen this before – a major app experiences an outage, and then it’s back to normal. The cause of the outage is still unknown, but we’re sure it’s not a sign of things to come. Because, you know, it’s not like TikTok has had outages before.
Author: Evan Null
