## TikTok makes app unavailable for U.S. users ahead of ban

Authored by nbcnews.com

TikTok greeted users opening the app Saturday night with the message, "Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now.".

The app also appeared to be removed from Apple and Google's app stores in the U.S., making it unavailable to download.

The notice TikTok users are getting when they try to use the app on Saturday.

Other Bytedance apps including CapCut, Lemon8 and Gauth displayed similar messages and also became unavailable to many U.S. users Saturday evening.

The shut down of TikTok follows several tense days of uncertainty for the app leading up to Sunday, when a ban on TikTok is supposed to go into effect in the United States.

Since the law was made, it became deeply unpopular with users and many Americans, and many TikTok users began fleeing to Chinese social media apps.

Many TikTok users have flooded a Chinese app called RedNote in protest of the government, but it poses an even greater security threat than TikTok, according to experts who spoke with NBC News. »

### Hostage release set to start Sunday as Gaza ceasefire goes into effect

Authored by jpost.com

Hamas provided Israel with a list of the three hostages to be released after a long delay that halted the ceasefire from going into effect, the PMO confirmed on Sunday morning.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced earlier that the ceasefire would not begin until Hamas provided the names.

Hamas was meant to already provide the list of hostages 24 hours before their release. »

### “How Many Likes Did He Get?”: Dad’s Snowbank Baby Stunt Backfires And Leads To Criminal Charges

Authored by boredpanda.com

The cops are on the hunt for a Russian influencer who seemingly tossed his little two-month-old boy into a deep pile of snow, as an attempt to gain views and likes.

Highlights Russian influencer Sergei Kosenko is facing arrest for throwing his baby into snow for likes.

Footage shows Kosenko tossing a 2 month old into the snow, but the influencer claims it was merely a dummy. »

### Teacher who cut student's hair may have had a psychotic episode: Psychologist

Authored by abc30.com

Teacher who cut student's hair may have had a psychotic episode: Psychologist.

A Fresno psychologist is weighing in on what may have caused 52-year-old Margaret Gieszinger to cut her student's hair and chase them with scissors. »

### ‘It’s not a country I want to live in’: Thousands march in Washington before Trump takes office

Authored by smh.com.au

Washington: Tiffany Flowers still remembers how stunned she felt when she learnt Donald Trump had won a second term as president.

Demonstrators make their feelings clear ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

It just felt so gross, as somebody who truly does believe in the possibility of America and what we could be. »

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