The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.
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.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday 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. But while signing the order,
ByteDance now has to show that it’s making significant progress on a deal to sell TikTok to a US-based 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.
After social media platform TikTok was temporarily deactivated over the weekend, Northern Colorado influencer and content creator Taylor Calmus, or "Dude Dad," is encouraging others to diversify their content.
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.
If Trump can upend the TikTok ban through secret deals and an impending executive order, what’s stopping him from doing the same to other valid federal laws?
The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.
Popular TikTok accounts such as DuoLingo shared trade secrets before the app went dark in the US, while creators confessed to long-running inside jokes.