TikTok drama: US shutdown reversed after Trump’s intervention

Tiktok stock photo on smartphone

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
  • TikTok has restored its services in the US following intervention by President-elect Donald Trump.
  • The app remains unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
  • Trump has promised to sign an executive order pausing TikTok’s US ban on his first day in office.

After the events of the past few hours, TikTok’s US ban and shutdown is starting to feel like a big political drama more than an issue of national security. Following a federal ban on Saturday, when TikTok went dark for millions of Americans and was removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, the platform and its services are back up again in the country.

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