TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage

January 26, 2026 Emma Roth

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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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