TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale

Source: TechCrunch

In Brief

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Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an issue with an Oracle data center.

“Creators may temporarily experience lags in posting content while Oracle works to resolve the issue,” TikTok said on X.
— TikTok USDS Joint Venture on X

According to user‑generated reports on Downdetector, the issue has been ongoing since before 9 a.m. ET. Oracle’s own post on X indicates the outage started around that time as well.

Oracle is part of an investor group that owns 80 % of the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, which was created to comply with a national‑security law that required ByteDance to divest its American TikTok business or be banned in the United States.

Oracle has been providing cloud services and managing user data for TikTok since before the creation of the joint venture. Since the sale was finalized in January, Oracle issues have now contributed to two major TikTok outages:

• January outage – A similar outage was attributed to a winter storm that impacted a major Oracle data center. (TechCrunch report)
• Current outage (March 3, 2026) – The cause has not yet been identified. (Oracle’s statement on X)

TikTok has asked users for patience and said it will keep them updated.