TikTok not working: video problems
TikTok not working
Problems for millions of users with TikTok . The platform doesn't work. Alerts have been triggered on Downdetector, a site that records reports of disservices with internet and social platforms: many are experiencing problems using the video platform. This is why the hashtag #TikTokdown starts circulating on Twitter. TikTok doesn't work globally. Problems exist in many countries around the world, such as the United States and Canada. The main problem reported by many subscribers would be related to video playback. “ Unable to play video ”, this is the error message that millions of people are viewing.The origin of the problem is still unknown, whether it is due to a bug or problems related to interventions by the company programmatically to improve the app. For now, TikTok has not released any communications on the matter.
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TikTok is down Peak of reports Investments in Europe All against TikTok
TikTok is down
Users who have been trying to access TikTok since about 11 in the morning have had problems playing the videos. A writing, in fact, indicates that it is " Impossible to play the video ".Twitter content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Peak of reports
Users started reporting the malfunction from 11 today and the areas where reports are concentrated in Italy are cities such as Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples, Perugia. Among the countries in which a very large number of reports has been recorded, as emerges from the indications of Downdetector, there are also the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, India. In summary, the problem is happening worldwide. No information has yet been released as to why. Bytedance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has not taken a position on the problem that is occurring globally.Twitter content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Investments in Europe
Just in the last few hours, the company announced the Clover project. In essence, TikTok will introduce new measures to ensure greater security for the data of the member countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, introducing new security gateways through which employees will be able to access the data of TikTok users of the space European and United Kingdom economy and the latter may be transferred. In fact, any access to data will therefore first have to go through several checks. The Chinese platform has also announced that it will guarantee independent supervision and control by appointing a European third party specialized in data security as a partner. A separate company will then carry out the oversight and audit process on controls and data protection.Twitter content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
All this will be possible because the Chinese platform, complementing the European data center in Dublin already announced last year, will build another in the Irish capital and one in the Hamar region of Norway. The latter will also operate using 100% renewable energy, mainly derived from local hydroelectric plants. TikTok has already started storing the data of the more than 150 million European people who access the platform each month in Ireland and will continue to do so throughout 2023 and into 2024. Once completed, the three data centers will be able to store data of users thanks to a total annual investment of 1.2 billion euros.
Everyone against TikTok
More and more governments are taking countermeasures against TikTok, banning the Chinese app on devices used by public office employees. At the root of the ban is growing concern over the processing of user data by ByteDance, the parent company of the social network, after its admission to having traced at least two US journalists. These include the United States, Canada, Denmark and the European Commission.If you also have problems, let us know.
[The article is being updated]