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I tried unblocking TikTok with a VPN and experienced mixed results. Here’s what you can expect if a TikTok ban comes back.
VPNs Fail At Circumventing TikTok Ban For Many Users—Here’s What We Know
Despite widespread speculation that virtual private networks, or VPNs, could be used to circumvent a nationwide ban on TikTok, few users are reporting having much success with technological loopholes. (UPDATE: TikTok says it is “restoring service”—read more here.)
How a TikTok Ban Would Work - and Why User Workarounds Won't
To pull it off, the law targets a wide swath of U.S.-based partners that help bring TikTok to users, rendering most easy workarounds such as using a virtual private network or changing a phone's country settings moot or difficult to use, experts told Reuters.
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The app stopped working late Saturday because of a federal law that called for TikTok to be banned if it didn’t find a new owner that isn’t Chinese, but was coming back partially by midday Sunday.
TikTok ban sees demand for VPNs surge
Demand for VPNs surge. Throughout the week of January 13, 2025, as the TikTok ban increased in likelihood, millions of Americans frantically searched for ways to keep access to th
US TikTok Ban – VPN Access Attempts Could Trigger Permanent Block
American users were temporarily banned on Sunday. Users couldn’t even circumvent the ban with a VPN. Service was restored by the end of the day.
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