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TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

TikTok's takeover in the US has prompted users to join an alternative social platform called UpScrolled. The app, which is available on Android and iOS, currently holds the 12th spot in Apple's App Store, and it's struggling to keep up with an influx of new traffic. "You showed up so fast our server...

TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover
Image: The Verge

TikTok's takeover in the US has prompted users to join an alternative social platform called UpScrolled. The app, which is available on Android and iOS, currently holds the 12th spot in Apple's App Store, and it's struggling to keep up with an influx of new traffic.

"You showed up so fast our servers tapped out," UpScrolled writes in a post on Bluesky, adding that it's working to get things up and running. Several users, including journalist Taylor Lorenz, have said that they're making the switch to UpScrolled after Oracle and a group of investors took over TikTok's US operations last week, sparking concerns about censorship. On top of that …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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