President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
While TikTok has been restored for millions of American users after going dark, the app still isn't available on Apple's App Store or Google Play.
TikTok told users the app will be "temporarily unavailable" as its Chinese parent company ByteDance pins its hopes on Donald Trump to save it.
ByteDance now has to show that it’s making significant progress on a deal to sell TikTok to a US-based company.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app's owner to sell the company.
While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.
TikTok came back online after Donald Trump promised to delay a law banning it, but its service providers have taken different stances on the ban.
The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to be shuttered on Jan. 19. The order directs the attorney general to not enforce the law "to permit my administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action with respect to TikTok.
Teigan, who is married to singer John Legend, hinted that the ban and its eventual reversal could be a move to present Trump as a hero to TikTok users.
Business leaders, lawmakers, legal scholars, and influencers who make money on TikTok are watching to see how Trump tries to resolve a thicket of regulatory, legal, financial and geopolitical