The issue around the word "Epstein" comes as users experience outages and functionality problems since the popular video app was recently sold to a group of mostly U.S. investors, including Trump ally Larry Ellison.

The company's response comes one day after multiple users shared screenshots of the problem. TikTok DMs that contained nothing but the word "Epstein" received a red exclamation mark and a stark warning: "This message may be in violation of our Community Guidelines, and has not been sent to protect our community."

Without explaining why its cloud status page doesn’t note any outages, TikTok USDS part-owner Oracle outed itself as the previously unnamed “US data center partner” that experienced a power outage over the weekend,

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CNN reported that one TikTok user already found that she could finally post an anti-ICE video after claiming to be a “fashion influencer” and speaking in code throughout the video, which criticized ICE for detaining a 5-year-old named Liam Conejo Ramos.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's launching a probe into allegations that TikTok censored content critical of President Trump.

Users reported their struggles using social app TikTok days after the company was set up as a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a US ban.

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