TikTok Is Back Online

Within 24 hours after dark, TikTok he says it has arrived back online after the President-elect Donald Trump he gave the company’s sponsors – possibly Apple, Google, and Oracle – assurances that its management would not impose a ban app at first.

“According to the providers, TikTok is in the process of restructuring, “the company wrote in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary information and assurance to our 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 do well. It is a strong representation of the First Amendment and an opposition to passive surveillance. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States. “

It is the latest salvo in the a big fight The front of TikTok in the US. Last year, Congress passed a the law which required ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to cease operations in the US or face a ban effective January 19. TikTok sued on First Amendment grounds but was unsuccessful. Supreme Court. Last night, Apple and Google released the app from their app stores, along with many other apps developed by ByteDance. Oracle has reportedly told employees to shut down servers that hold TikTok US data, according to The Information.

This prompted President-elect Trump, who tried to ban TikTok while in office, to save the app before he was sworn in as president. “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the moratorium before this law goes into effect, so that we can come to an agreement to protect our national security,” he said. wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning. “This law will also ensure that there will be no liability for any company that has helped TikTok to stay out of the dark before I start ordering.”

Technically, the rules only allow Trump to extend the deadline if ByteDance moves forward on the deal to divest its US operations. Among those whose names floated as possible: Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Frank McCourt. While McCourt did valid licenseMusk’s name was it is said to have floated in talks with the Chinese government, according to Bloomberg. “I want the United States to have 50% ownership in the deal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “In doing this, we keep TikTok, keep it in good hands and let it say. Without the approval of the US, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, its value is hundreds of billions of dollars – maybe billions.”

TikTok, along with other apps owned by ByteDance, was not back in US stores at the time of publication. But several users reported that they may be able to get their appointment back after it was not available last night. Others had regained access to their accounts, but with different functionality.