TikTok is already back online

Less than 24 hours after dark, tiktok Said it came Back online After being elected President Donald Trump has assured the company’s service providers—presumably Apple, Google and Oracle—that his administration will not enforce the ban. App in the first place

“In agreement with our service providers, tiktok “We are in the process of restoring service,” the company wrote in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing our service providers with the necessary clarity and assurance 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. . This is a strong position in favor of 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 last salvo Dramatic fight On the future of TikTok in the US. Congress passed it last year the law That required TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest its US operations or face sanctions starting on January 19. TikTok sued on First Amendment grounds but lost. Supreme Court. Last night, Apple and Google pulled the app from their respective app stores, along with many other apps developed by ByteDance. Oracle has asked employees to shut down the servers that host TikTok US data Information.

The move set the stage for President-elect Trump, who tried to ban TikTok while in office to preserve the app before being sworn in as president. “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the time before the law’s sanctions go into effect, so that we can reach an agreement to protect our national security,” He wrote on Satya Social Sunday morning. “The order will ensure that there will be no liability for any company that helped TikTok go dark before my order.”

Technically, the law only allows Trump to extend the enforcement deadline if ByteDance makes real progress In an agreement to divest its US operations. Among those whose names have been floated as possible acquirers: Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Frank McCourt. When McCourt created An official bidKasturi was named Supposedly floating According to Bloomberg, in talks with the Chinese government. “I want the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “By doing this, we save TikTok, put it in good hands and allow it to speak. Without US approval, there is no Tik Tok. At our discretion, it’s worth hundreds of billions of dollars — maybe trillions.”

TikTok, along with other ByteDance-owned apps, has yet to return to US app stores as of publication. But several users reported being able to access their timelines again after being listed as unavailable last night. Others regained access to their accounts, but with varying degrees of effectiveness.