Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership
Summary
US TikTok users experienced widespread errors during the first weekend under US ownership, traced to a power outage at a US data center. The piece covers outage tracking, ongoing issues reported by The Verge, and concerns about new privacy policy updates that could increase data collection and AI metadata sharing, raising questions about security and algorithm retraining under US control. It highlights policy and trust implications for users and businesses relying on AI-enabled social platforms.