TikTok ban: TikTok goes offline for US users; Trump ‘likely’ to grant extension to avoid ban [Video]

TikTok alerted users as they opened the app Saturday night that it has gone offline in the U.S.

The shut down comes as the app is scheduled to be banned due to a bipartisan congressional law that ordered the platform to sever ties with China-based parent company ByteDance by Sunday.

President-elect Donald Trump told ABC News in an interview Saturday he is likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the United States.

Trump, who called for a TikTok ban during his first administration, has said in the last couple of months that the app shouldn’t be removed and told ABC News he is looking into his options to salvage it.

“I’m the one who is going …