Tiktok returned to Apple and Google app stores on Thursday evening after President Trump delayed the ban on video sharing apps last month.
The Chinese-owned app has been temporarily closed in the US and removed from stores after complying with laws requiring Tiktok's parent company to be sold from the platform or face a January 19 ban. It was done. Tiktok restored its service after a few hours, but did not return to the app store for users to download it.
The law in question, upheld by the Supreme Court just days before the ban was due to take effect, was put on hold when Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office and signed the company to sell or sell for another 75 days.
Former President Biden signed the law on a bipartisan bill last April. The law has sold it from the app or faced a ban on Tiktok's parent company for 270 days.
Officially known as “protecting Americans from foreign hostile foreign administrative application laws,” the law, similar to those run by Google and Apple, will distribute US app stores and Tiktoks to users. We have made this illegal to web hosting services.
The Oka reached Apple, Google, Tiktok and the Department of Justice to comment on Tiktok's return to the app store on Thursday.
In an order on January 20th, Trump instructed the Attorney General not to enforce the law, saying, “The orderly and secures national security while avoiding the sudden closure of communications platforms used by millions of Americans.” You can make sure you decide on the right course in this way.
Since then, Trump has tapped Vice President Vance and defended a potential contract with national security adviser Mike Waltz to sell the app. The president also raised the idea of creating a sovereign wealth fund and using it to buy control over popular apps to avoid nationwide closures.
“Tickok – we're probably going to do something with Tikkok, and probably not, if we do the right deal, otherwise we won't, but I'm right to do it. There's one,” he said of the Trump Fund. “And we might put it in a sovereign wealth fund. Or, if we partner with very wealthy people. There are many options, but putting it as an example of a fund. can.”
Elon Musk, a particularly wealthy man on Trump's orbit, says he has no plans to buy Tiktok.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and “shark tank” investor Kevin O'Leary, and tech giants like Microsoft and Oracle submit proposals to bytedance or consultation with the White House on the app. I did.
