Less than 24 hours after it went dark, TikTok said it was back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave corporate service providers — possibly Apple, Google, and Oracle — assurances that his government would not impose laws banning the app from using it. . First place.” In agreement with service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company wrote in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance that our service providers will not face penalties that provide TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allow more than 7 million small businesses to advance solutions that keep TikTok in the United States. ” It’s the latest salvo in a dramatic battle over TikTok’s future in the US. Last year, Congress passed legislation requiring ByteDance, the parent company of China’s TikTok, to drop its US operations or face a ban starting on January 19. TikTok sued on First Amendment grounds but lost in the 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 reportedly told employees to shut down the servers that host US TikTok data, according to Information. sworn in as President. “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period before the legal ban goes into effect, so we can make a deal to protect national security,” he wrote on Social Truth Sunday morning. “The order will also confirm that there is no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.” Technically, the law only allows Trump to extend the enforcement deadline if ByteDance makes real progress on a deal to release it. US operations. Among those whose names have been floated as acquirers: Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Frank McCourt. While McCourt made the offer official, Musk’s name was reportedly floating in discussions with the Chinese government, according to Bloomberg. “I want the United States to have a 50% ownership position in the joint venture,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to be spoken. Without US approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars – maybe trillions. But some users have reported being able to access the line time again after being registered is not available at night. Others have regained access to their accounts, but with different functions.
