26 days after it was banished from US app, Tiktok returned to the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. Apple and Google brought the video app back in China after they have a letter from US first reported Thursday.
Google confirmed that it brought Tikkok back but was not immediately elaborated. Apple, Tikok and the Ministry of Justice did not immediately answer inquiries about comments. Bondi was sworn in to the office last week.
The return completes a few weeks for Tiktok. The platform disappeared from USApp stores And became dark nationwide on January 19, hours before the ban came into force. It broke back to life Later on this day, after Tikok executives had received their own assurances from the then President Donald Trump, he would give more time to achieve a resolution. If you already had the app on your phone, it usually worked until the same afternoon.
After Trump accepted office on January 20, one of his first Executive Orders TikK gave a delay. “I am using the Attorney General not to take any measures to enforce the law for a period of today today in order to give my government the opportunity to determine the corresponding course,” the order says.
However, Google and Apple kept Tiktok out of their marketplaces, which means that new users could not install it. This is because the law, which underpins the TIKTOK ban -the protection of Americans from foreign opponents (PAFACA) -that American technology companies do not “distribute or update or update Tiktedance, TikTok’s parent company of TIKTOK” can. Those who face the prospect of strong fines. That doesn’t just mean Tiktok But a dozen apps or so appsIncluding popular offers such as Lemon8, Capcut and Marvel Snap, have not been available for over three weeks. (These apps also returned to the app on Thursday.)
While Tikok was not available, users who searched in the iOS App Store were welcomed by the following message: “Tikok and other Bytedance apps are not available in the country or in the region in which they are.” A link ” Learn more, ”sent users to a long article in which it was explained why the app was gone and a memory that they do not receive updates as long as the ban was available. The Google Play Store meanwhile said: “Downloads for this app will be due to the current legal requirements of the US A bump in use.
Pafa allowed The president, who extends the deadline for the ban on Tikok by 90 days, if he certifies the congress that “considerable progress” was achieved for a deal for the sale of the app to a non-Chinese company.
Shortly before taking office, Trump suggested that the United States had had 50 percent ownership of TiktokWithout specifying what he meant. The president reports Recently shown Vice President JD Vance to lead the negotiations between bytedance and potential buyers. One reported scenario If Oracle would include and a group of other investors take control of the platform.
