On the morning of March 9, DownDetector received more than 8,000 requests regarding TikTok outages. Many said that connecting to a server renders the platform unusable. Also, many people have problems with the social network feed itself.

Why is TikTok crashing?

Currently, TikTok is known not to work for users from the US and Europe, Ukrainian users are also reporting problems. There is currently no information on what exactly caused the app to crash or when the issue will be fixed. However, the news of this disruption came after the news that the practice was banned among EU officials.

After that, TikTok announced a new European data security regime called Project Clover. During a briefing on March 8, the company said it will start storing European users’ data locally this year and will soon open a second data center in Ireland and in Norway’s Hamar region. The data centers will be managed by a third party, but it is not yet known exactly who.

What is known about the scandal surrounding TikTok

• First, the US Senate and House of Representatives officially banned the use of TikTok on business phones and other official devices of all government employees. He said the app had “a number of security issues” and that the Chinese government could use the app for espionage and censorship.
• The Danish Cyber ​​Security Center later discovered that TikTok “requests certain rights and access to the device.” The Ministry of National Defense said it would ban the app from being used in official units due to the high risk of espionage.
• On February 28, the European Parliament banned staff from using the TikTok app on their devices and urged Members of the European Parliament to remove the app from their phones. The European Commission and the European Council also banned the use of Chinese social networks.
• Canada has also banned the use of TikTok on all government devices – there are concerns about the platform’s collection and use of users’ personal data.
• The Netherlands also advises officers not to use TikTok until the company changes its data protection policy.