TikTok is back online less than 15 hours after shutting down. Why is TikTok working again? Is it still banned in the U.S.? Here’s what you need to know.
First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded social and entertainment app in the world. By 2020, when Americans were looking for ways to
The U.S. Supreme Court officially upheld the law to ban the TikTok social media app on Friday.
Political shifts and legal hurdles have delayed TikTok's removal, with Biden reportedly kicking the issue to Trump.
After hearing arguments on Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to uphold the law, meaning that TikTok will be banned effective if the parent company ByteDance does not sell the company by Sunday.
The company said in a statement that TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to the company’s service providers.
With the ban upheld by the Supreme Court and the Biden administration leaving, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is banking on Trump to save the app in the US.
The TikTok ban in the United States is over, one day after the app stoped working for 170 million American users.
TikTok was taken down from US app stores just hours before the January 19 deadline, with app users getting notified of the shutdown. There is some hope that President-elect Trump may reinstate TikTok temporarily following his inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The executive order would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban.
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