It’s been a wild weekend for TikTok, US users, and US legislators. TikTok lost its final battle against the government, with the Supreme Court upholding the divest-or-ban law late last week with a historic 9-0 vote. On Saturday, TikTok decided to shut down service in the US, with over 170 million Americans finding themselves unable to get their TikTok fix for several hours.
Apple and Google removed the app from the App Store and Google Play, with other service providers shutting down support.
But TikTok stayed down for less than a day, as President-elect Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social asking tech companies “not to let TikTok stay dark.” Trump said he would issue an executive order on Monday that would give TikTok time to comply with the law before risking the ban.
TikTok thanked Trump as it resumed service in the US, but that only means that the social network is working on devices that had the social network installed before the interruption of service.
Apple and Google have not relisted TikTok in the App Store and Google Play, and it’s likely it won’t happen until Trump actually issues the executive order on Monday, after his inauguration.
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