Zen Soo, AP Technology Writer
HONG KONG (AP) – Tiktok has returned to the US Apple and Google app stores after President Donald Trump delayed enforcement of the Tiktok ban.
Tiktok, run by Chinese technology companies’ ordinances, was removed from Apple and Google’s app stores on January 18th, to comply with laws requiring apps to be sold or banned in the US.
The popular social media app with over 170 million American users, with guarantees from Trump that it will postpone the ban on apps, before restoring its services, Service has been stopped previously. Tiktok Service Sunsion has temporarily urged thousands of users to move to Rednote, a Chinese social media app, calling themselves “Tiktok refugees.”
The Tiktok app was now available for download again on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US almost a month later. On Trump’s first inauguration, he signed an executive order to extend the enforcement of the Tiktok ban until April 5th.
Tiktok has long been in trouble in the US, and the US government has argued that its Chinese ownership and access to data for millions of Americans is a national security risk. Masu.
Tiktok denied allegations that it shares US user data at the Chinese government’s request and required it to be sold or banned, violating the First Amendment rights of American users. He insisted that there was.
During Trump’s first term, he supported the ban on Tiktok, but later changed his mind, claiming that there was a “warm place” in the app. Tiktok CEO Shaw Chu was one of the attendees at Trump’s inauguration.
Trump suggests that Tiktok could co-own, with half of its ownership being American. Potential buyers are also known as real estate mogul Frank McCourt, shark tank investor Kevin O’Leary, popular YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson and Mrbeast.
Original issue: February 14th, 2025, 11:21am EST
