TikTok says it’s restoring service within the US

It hasn’t even been a full day since ByteDance shut down TikTok in the US, and now it says the app is coming again. In a press release posted on X Sunday afternoon, TikTok wrote, “In settlement with our service suppliers, TikTok is within the strategy of restoring service.”

The assertion additionally thanked Trump, who shall be sworn in on Monday and who beforehand mentioned he was contemplating giving TikTok an extension amid reports of potential bidders (although ByteDance has expressed no real interest in promoting). “We’ll work with President Trump on a long-term answer that retains TikTok in the US,” TikTok mentioned.

On the time of this writing, the TikTok app is as soon as once more up and working for me regardless of beforehand displaying a message saying I “cannot use TikTok for now.” Phew, what an agonizing — checks watch — 12 hours that was with out it. TikTok would not but appear to be again within the App Retailer or Google Play Retailer, although, so if you happen to deleted the app out of your cellphone, you may most likely have to attend a bit longer to get it again. CapCut, one of many other ByteDance-owned apps affected by the ban, additionally is not out there.

Whereas the legislation banning TikTok was set to enter impact at the moment, January 19, the outgoing administration has expressed that it might not be imposing it in Biden’s closing hours as president. MSNBC reported on Saturday that White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referred to as TikTok’s menace to go darkish “a stunt,” saying “we see no purpose for TikTok or different corporations to take actions within the subsequent few days earlier than the Trump Administration takes workplace on Monday.” However TikTok maintained that it couldn’t keep on-line with out assurance that service suppliers wouldn’t be punished.

Trump chimed in on Sunday morning, writing on Fact Social, “I’m asking corporations to not let TikTok keep darkish! I’ll subject an govt order on Monday to increase the time period earlier than the legislation’s prohibitions take impact, in order that we will make a deal to guard our nationwide safety. The order will even affirm that there shall be no legal responsibility for any firm that helped hold TikTok from going darkish earlier than my order.”

He additionally outlined a imprecise plan for a way he envisions TikTok’s future within the US. “I would love the US to have a 50% possession place in a three way partnership. By doing this, we save TikTok, hold it in good palms and permit it to say [sic] up. With out U.S. approval, there is no such thing as a Tik Tok.”

I positive hope you aren’t already exhausted by the forwards and backwards ridiculousness of this case as a result of, my mates, it’s not over.