Less than 24 hours after dark, tiktok says he has arrived back online after the presidential election donald trump Assured the company's service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—that his administration would not enforce any laws imposing sanctions. Application In first place.
“In agreement with our service providers, tiktok “Service is in the process of being restored,” the company wrote in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing needed clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will not face any penalties for providing TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to thrive . It is a strong stance for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. “We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States.”
This is the latest salvo dramatic fight On the future of TikTok in America. Last year, Congress passed a Law It required TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its US operations or face a ban starting January 19. TikTok filed a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds, but lost. Supreme CourtLast night, Apple and Google removed the app from their respective app stores, along with several other apps developed by ByteDance. According to this, Oracle reportedly asked employees to shut down the servers that hosted TikTok US data Information,
The move set the stage for President-elect Trump, who tried to ban TikTok while in office, to save the app before being sworn in as president. “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions go into effect, so we can reach an agreement to protect our national security.” He wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning. “The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped TikTok go dark before my order.”
Along with other ByteDance-owned apps, TikTok is still not back in the US app stores at the time of publishing. But many users have reported that they have been able to access their Timeline again after it was listed as unavailable last night. Others regained access to their accounts, but with varying degrees of functionality.
Following the Supreme Court's decision, the Biden administration appeared to walk back its commitment to the ban and said it was leaving enforcement to the Trump administration. That assurance was not enough for TikTok, which voluntarily took itself offline before the deadline.
This is a developing story.