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Apple and Google on Thursday even restored TikTok to their respective app storehouse in the U.S. , about a calendar month after they off the short picture app following a home security law that ban it in the country .
The apps were rejuvenate after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Apple a letter of the alphabet saying that the ban would n’t immediately be enforced , Bloombergreports .
The troupe have also restored other apps owned by TikTok ’s parent troupe , ByteDance — the video editor in chief CapCut and social sensitive app Lemon8 — that they had removed to comply with the law .
spur by national security department business organization air over ByteDance ’s Formosan origins for a identification number of eld , former U.S. President Joe Bidenlast class passed a lawthat called on ByteDance to sell TikTok ’s U.S. surgical operation to a ship’s company that was n’t possess by a Formosan entity by January 19 , 2025 , or be banned from the country . The police force would have inflict spartan fiscal penalty on app store operators if they did n’t follow , and abide by entreaty by ByteDance , the Supreme Court voted to uphold the law onJanuary 17 .
But right after he assumed office , current U.S. President Donald Trump on January 20signed an executive director orderaimed at delay the ban , giving ByteDance a 75 - Clarence Day extension to find a buyer for its U.S. operations .
TikTok promptlyrestored services in the country . Robert William Service providers like Oracle restored their services to the app as well , but Apple and Google kept the app out of their U.S. app fund since there was some confusion regarding the penalty that would be imposed , given the jurisprudence had only been prorogue .
Users in the U.S who had uninstalled TikTok were not able to reinstall the app , but those who had not were able to use it .
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Since then , Trump has suggest the U.S. could own a 50 % share in TikTok through a joint venture with other tech companies as an alternative to the ban . Alongside signing an executive order to createa sovereign riches fund , he suggested the investment firm could be used to purchase TikTok ’s U.S. operations . OracleandMicrosoftare said to be in the run to grease one’s palms the app .
Rival social networks have judge to rely on the precariousness around TikTok . BothXandBlueskyquickly launched dedicated upright video feed , and Meta announceda video editing appthat would compete with CapCut .
grant to data from analytics firm Sensor Tower , TikTok wasthe 2d most downloaded app in the U.S. last yr , with 52 million downloads .
