On January 18, Reuters reported that Oracle, the primary cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, has instructed certain staff members to be ready to deactivate servers hosting U.S. TikTok data by 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday). This action is in anticipation of a U.S. law that will prohibit the app starting on Sunday, as informed by The Information.