Short video social media platform tiktok resumed service in the U. S. Thursday.
Tiktok China Standard Time a statement on social media at about 9:30 p.m. Western time Friday (1:30 p.m. Friday) saying the company has reached an agreement with its internet service provider, services are being restored. Reporters then look, TikTok application has returned to normal use, TikTok website has also returned to normal.
In the statement, TikTok thanked president-elect Donald Trump for providing the necessary clarifications and assurances to TikTok’s internet service providers that they would not be penalized for helping to keep TikTok running. TikTok also said it would work with Donald Trump to find a long-term solution for keeping the TikTok app available in the US.
Tiktok China Standard Time its U.S. service at about 19:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m.). TikTok’s parent company, bytedance, stopped serving several of its apps in the U. S. at about the same time. US companies such as Apple, Google and Oracle, which support the TikTok app in the US, have also stopped offering it.
Donald Trump took to social media earlier today to appeal to companies not to put TikTok out of business. Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order on the 20th to delay the entry into force of TikTok’s“Sell it or lose it” law and that any company that had previously helped keep TikTok afloat would not be held liable.
In April, President Biden signed a bill passed by both 2024 of Congress requiring bytedance to sell TikTok to a non-chinese company within 270 days, otherwise the app will be banned in the US from January 19,2025.
17th of this month, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that TikTok“Sell or ban” law is not unconstitutional. This means that the federal supreme court allowed the law to take effect as originally planned on the 19th. The administration later said responsibility for enforcing the law rested with the Donald Trump administration, which takes office on Tuesday. Tiktok 17, said the response, unless the Biden administration to the U. S. Internet service providers a clear statement of non-accountability, otherwise the platform will be forced to close on the 19th.