TikTok is now accessible again in the United States. Just how long that lasts will likely depend on incoming President Donald Trump.
Trump also laid out on Truth Social what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.
The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.
Top TikTok executives handed out business cards and schmoozed American business leaders at an elite donor dinner hosted by Donald and Melania Trump on the eve of his presidential inauguration on Sunday.
Trump, who signed an executive order stepping up pressure on ByteDance to sell in 2020, has since credited the app with connecting him to younger voters. It is unclear what the incoming president can do to lift the ban unless ByteDance ultimately sells, however.
The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.
President-elect Donald Trump proposed the U.S. own half of TikTok to satisfy national security concerns and save the social media app.
A Wisconsin teen set fire to a local Republican congressman’s office Sunday in a fit of rage over the TikTok ban, authorities say.
The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.
Shortly after service was restored, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) expressed his thoughts on the return on X, sharing TikTok's post. Here's what he said.
TikTok restored service to U.S. users after Trump said he would issue an executive order after he's sworn in to delay a ban of the platform.
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.