[Outages-discussion] tiktok back? not seeing it.

[Josh Luthman]

Bryan,

What happens when you go to the website:  https://www.tiktok.com/

Does it load a video?  Do you get an error?  Is your concern the traffic is
using a different ASN?

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM Bryan Holloway via Outages-discussion <
outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:

> I think we're confusing semantics here:
>
> Our customers still have no access to TikTok in the US. I was merely
> asking if others were having the same issue.
>
> The answer appears to be no, and I've reached out to AS396986 to try and
> understand why and expedite resolution.
>
> Your assertion that everything "worked as designed" is arguably
> incorrect seeing as how we normally do ~30Gbps of traffic inbound, and
> we're still at zero.
>
> Thank you to everyone else who offered up their help, insight, and
> advice both in-line and off.
>
> Cheers,
>                 - bryan
>
>
> On 1/20/25 16:51, Franck Martin wrote:
> > There was no outage. Everything worked as designed.
> >
> > TikTok just put a popup on any US based IP/account and blocked the UI
> > from going further.
> >
> > I took a screenshot.
> >
> > 474268107_18379872679129881_960392015057685397_n.jpg
> > <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE_rsNhRSpI/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==>
> > Franck Martin on Instagram: "It happened and I have the right track for
> > it: Access Denied! #tiktok #tiktokban #music" <https://
> > www.instagram.com/reel/DE_rsNhRSpI/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==>
> > Watch and share reels with friends <https://www.instagram.com/reel/
> > DE_rsNhRSpI/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==>
> >
> > <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE_rsNhRSpI/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==>
> >
> > There was another popup when TikTok restored the service in the USA
> > based on confirmations of protections under the US law.
> >
> > Franck
> >
> > Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question.
> >
> >> On Jan 20, 2025, at 05:33, SGT via Outages-discussion <outages-
> >> discussion at outages.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> Our network’s experience. Thank you for the datapoint.
> >>
> >>> On Jan 20, 2025, at 13:46, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>> Https://tiktok.com <Https://tiktok.com> loads as expected.  Videos
> >>> are playing. What would suggest it isn't fully restored?
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 7:38 AM Bryan Holloway <bryan at shout.net
> >>> <mailto:bryan at shout.net>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Agreed, but that wasn't really my point.
> >>>
> >>>     Claiming that service is restored != "Tiktok is temporarily
> >>>     unavailable"
> >>>     messages on their web-site.
> >>>
> >>>     To be more clear: has any network operators in the US definitively
> >>>     confirmed that ACTUAL tangible/useful service has been restored?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     On 1/20/25 13:32, Josh Luthman wrote:
> >>>     > The website works so clearly their IPs are announced.
> >>>     >
> >>>     > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 7:00 AM Bryan Holloway via Outages-
> >>>     discussion
> >>>     > <outages-discussion at outages.org <mailto:outages-
> >>>     discussion at outages.org> <mailto:outages-discussion at outages.org
> >>>     <mailto:outages-discussion at outages.org>>>
> >>>     > wrote:
> >>>     >
> >>>     >     Keep reading all these mainstream news reports that Tiktok
> >>>     "service has
> >>>     >     been restored", but I've seen no evidence of this on our US
> >>>     networks:
> >>>     >     transit, IXes, PNIs, etc.
> >>>     >
> >>>     >     No change in their number of prefixes advertised.
> >>>     >
> >>>     >     Is it just me?
> >>>     >
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