TikTok down across US? Social media platform faces widespread outage after Oracle data center issue disrupts posting and access

TikTok users across the United States reported widespread disruptions on Tuesday(March 3) after the company said an issue at an Oracle data center caused posting delays and service interruptions, marking the second major outage linked to Oracle since the sale of TikTok’s US operations earlier this year.

An X account linked to the TikTok USDS Joint Venture blamed an Oracle data center for the disruption, saying “creators may temporarily experience lags in posting content” while the issue is being resolved.



Downdetector data shows reports of service disruptions began increasing shortly before 1 pm, stabilized for a period, and then climbed sharply again around 3:30 pm.

By 9 pm, thousands of outage reports had been logged on Downdetector, with the total continuing to rise into the night.

According to NBCNewYork website, Downdetector data indicated that outages were reported in major metropolitan areas including New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Washington and Minneapolis.

Officials have not yet identified the cause of the disruption, and it remains unclear when service will be fully restored.

According to TechCrunch website, Oracle is part of the investor group that holds an 80 percent stake in the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, formed to comply with a national security law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its US TikTok operations or face a ban.

TikTok is a short-form video-sharing social media platform where users create and watch videos ranging from entertainment and music to news and education.