TikTok is down for some in the US, thanks to Oracle’s outage for the second time since the sale

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

“Creators may experience temporary delays in publishing content while Oracle works to resolve the issue,” TikTok said He said On X.

According to user generated reports about DowndetectorThe problem has been persisting since before 9am ET. oracle Special function On X indicates that the outage started at that time as well.

Oracle is part of an investor group that owns 80% of… TikTok USDS joint venturewhich was created to comply with A National Security Law Which requires Chinese company 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 TikTok USDS joint venture. Since the sale, Oracle’s issues have now contributed to two major outages at TikTok.

Just days after the sale was finalized in January, TikTok experienced a crisis Similar interruptionwhich is attributed to A Winter storm Which affected the main Oracle data center.

Oracle has not yet determined the cause of Tuesday’s outage.