United Kingdom, Jan. 26 -- Thousands of TikTok users suffered disruptions at the same time the US ownership deal was rolled out.

Users across the United States and other regions complained about a widespread outage leaving them unable to load and play videos, as well as issues with uploads and feeds.

According to Downdetector, there was a spike of reports over a short period, which suggests a problem with the platform rather than connectivity.

Service seemed to be getting back on track a few hours later, but the timing has gone people talking.

The outage occurred at midnight, just as the new US ownership structure took effect, which came after discussions around national security concerns over the China-based app.

Now, the US operati...