India, Jan. 26 -- Millions of TikTok users across the United States reported issues with the app on January 25, including problems loading videos, missing comments and broken feeds. This came at the time when public attention was focused on the Minneapolis shooting involving federal agents killing 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, January 24.

The overlap prompted speculation on social media about whether the TikTok outage was linked to the Minneapolis shooting and content moderation.

On Sunday, TikTok users began reporting significant problems with TikTok. Feeds failed to load, and user accounts started to reset or show no comments, followers or messages.

Multiple reports surfaced indicating connectivity and access issues across maj...