TikTok Experiences Outages Amid U.S. Ownership Transition

TikTok experienced service outages and user-reported content distribution problems in January 2025 amid a U.S. ownership transition led by new CEO Adam Presser and a 15 percent Oracle stake. App rankings showed ChatGPT, Threads and several VPNs rising as users sought alternatives. Oracle attributed the disruption to a weather-related power outage at a U.S. data center, prompting concerns about moderation, analytics, and user migration.
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