TikTok is once more accessible on the US app shops of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese language-owned social media platform till 5 April.
The favored app, which is utilized by greater than 170 million American customers, went darkish briefly final month within the US because the ban deadline approached.
Trump then signed an government order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to adjust to a legislation banning the app if it’s not offered.
TikTok didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from RAYNAE Information.
Based on Bloomberg, which first reported TikTok’s return to app shops within the US, the choice to renew its availability got here after Apple and Google obtained assurances from the Trump administration that they’d not be held liable and the ban would not be enforced but.
The ban, which handed with a bipartisan vote in Congress, was signed into legislation by former President Joe Biden. It ordered TikTok’s Chinese language proprietor ByteDance to promote the US model of the platform to a impartial social gathering to avert an outright ban.
The Biden administration had argued that TikTok may very well be utilized by China as a instrument for spying and political manipulation.
China and TikTok have repeatedly denied these accusations. Beijing has additionally beforehand rejected requires a sale of TikTok’s US operations.
