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People on social media were quick to point it out.
Since TikTok got new leadership, the word Epstein was being blocked in direct messages.
A company spokesman told NPR it's investigating what may be causing it.
Some experienced the issue, others reported that it wasn't happening.
It comes just days after a consortium of investors finalized the sale of TikTok's U.S.
business, the deal tapped Trump ally Larry Ellison's firm, Oracle.
That made many online speculate that the Epstein glitch was a top-down directive, but the company says not so.
At the same time, thousands of users have experienced videos not loading and view counts not appearing since the transition.
The company says it's a data center problem and it's working to stabilize the app.
The deal doesn't eliminate Chinese influence altogether.
ByteDance will retain 20% of the new entity, and the algorithm will be licensed from Beijing.
The big question now is how, if at all, the content and the algorithm are reshaped under the new management.
A new entity led by Trump ally Larry Ellison's tech company Oracle will now control TikTok.
an app used by more than half of Americans.
The new ownership averts a nationwide ban of the app.
It was set in motion by a federal law requiring Chinese divestment over national security concerns.
80% of the company will be owned by a consortium of investors that includes Oracle, private equity firm Silverlake, and MGX, an Emirati investment group.