TikTok is Now Online

Less than 24 hours after dark, TikTok he says he is coming online again after President-elect Donald Trump assured the company’s service providers — likely Apple, Google and Oracle — that his administration would not enforce the ban. program first of all.

“In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring the service,” the company said in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and certainty to our service providers who bring TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and enable more than 7 million small businesses to thrive. This is a strong stance against the First Amendment and 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 battle Regarding the future of TikTok in the US. Last year, Congress a law it required TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest itself of its US operations or face a ban from January 19. TikTok was sued under the First Amendment, 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.

This is an evolving story.