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TikTok has credited “President Trump’s efforts” for getting the social media app back online on Sunday following a brief shutdown.. President-elect Donald Trump intervened on Sunday by ...
TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.
TikTok is back online in the US after Donald Trump promised to delay a ban. TikTok is working for users who already have the app, but unavailable to download from app stores.
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
Some users still on TikTok have suggested that the app's algorithm is "feeling different" since it came back online, fanned by fears about the future of the tool under a new ownership structure.
Among these TikTok users, 90% said they used the app daily. [227] TikTok's geographical use in 2019 has shown that 43% of new users were from India before the social platform was banned in the country. [228] But adults have also seen growth on TikTok. The share of U.S. adults who regularly get news from TikTok hit 14% in 2023. [229]
On September 19, TikTok and ByteDance filed a complaint in Washington, challenging the Trump Administration's recent moves to prevent the app from operating in the U.S., citing that the administration did so for political reasons rather than to stop an "unusual and extraordinary threat". [60]
TikTok is letting users know that the social media app will be temporarily unavailable due to the upcoming U.S. ban taking effect on Sunday. Users logging on were met with a pop-up message reading ...