TikTok users on emotional roller coaster after app goes dark, then returns online [Video]

TikTok users and content creators in the Bay Area are also weighing in on the latest developments with the app.

Whether you’re a TikTok user or not, the status of the app is what people are talking about, including users in the Bay Area.

“I didn’t think it was going to happen. I thought that something would come in at the last minute. Everyone uses it so much,” said Sontag Woodson, of Oakland.

When millions of TikTok users across the country tried to use the app on Saturday night, this is the message they saw. It read, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.” The ban, scheduled to start on Sunday, caught many users off guard.

“So many of my friends were texting me or screaming about it, saying ‘oh my God, it’s gone!” said Nadia Deetz, of …