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A spokeswoman referred questions to the company’s status page, which said that merchants might experience difficulties logging into the point-of-sale system and other problems that the company was investigating.

And young users will still be able to access some social media without logging in -- they just cannot register for their own accounts.

Most free VPNs do not provide absolute protection and come with significant drawbacks, including weak encryption, data logging and intrusive ads.

While China’s largest automaker is continuing its streak of logging higher sales, absolute sales remain far below those of established domestic carmakers like Germany’s Volkswagen or Stellantis, the owner of the Jeep and Dodge brands.

“The difficulty logging off doesn’t mean something is wrong with the teen,” Vasan said.