{"id":123311,"date":"2025-01-20T00:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T00:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tiktok-restores-service-for-us-users-based-on-trumps-promised-executive-order-the-associated-press\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T00:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T00:47:43","slug":"tiktok-restores-service-for-us-users-based-on-trumps-promised-executive-order-the-associated-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tiktok-restores-service-for-us-users-based-on-trumps-promised-executive-order-the-associated-press\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok restores service for US users based on Trump\u2019s promised executive order – The Associated Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban, putting millions of users and content creators in limbo, particularly influencers and small business owners who rely on the social media platform as a source of income.
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Andy Bao)
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
This screenshot from a cell phone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Mullen)
President Donald Trump talks to reporters while in flight from Billings, Mont., to Fargo, N.D., Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)
The logo for TikTok is displayed on a mobile phone, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)
The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban, putting millions of users and content creators in limbo, particularly influencers and small business owners who rely on the social media platform as a source of income.
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Andy Bao)
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Andy Bao)
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
This screenshot from a cell phone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Mullen)
This screenshot from a cell phone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Mullen)
President Donald Trump talks to reporters while in flight from Billings, Mont., to Fargo, N.D., Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)
President Donald Trump talks to reporters while in flight from Billings, Mont., to Fargo, N.D., Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)
A message reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d is displayed from the TikTok app on a cell phone screen Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)
The logo for TikTok is displayed on a mobile phone, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)
The logo for TikTok is displayed on a mobile phone, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)
TikTok restored service to users in the United States on Sunday just hours after the popular video-sharing platform<\/a><\/span> went dark in response to a federal ban<\/a><\/span>, which President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to pause by executive order on his first day in office.
Trump said he planned to issue the order to give TikTok\u2019s China-based parent company more time<\/a><\/span> to find an approved buyer<\/a><\/span> before the ban takes full effect. He announced the move on his Truth Social account as millions of U.S. TikTok users awoke to discover they could no longer access<\/a><\/span> the TikTok app or platform.
But by Sunday afternoon, a message greeted those who signed on thanking them \u2014 and the president-elect \u2014 for their support.
\u201cAs a result of President Trump\u2019s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!\u201d the message read.
AP correspondent Julie Walker reports TikTok says it\u2019s in the process of restoring service to US users.
TikTok said it shut down the platform late Saturday because of a federal law that required parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operation by Sunday. Google and Apple<\/a><\/span> also removed TikTok from their digital stores. The law, which passed with wide bipartisan support<\/a><\/span> in April, allows for steep fines.
While the company that runs TikTok in the U.S. said on X that the steps Trump outlined Sunday provided \u201cthe necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties,\u201d the TikTok app remained remained unavailable for download in Apple<\/a><\/span> and Google\u2019s app stores.
\u201cIt was a brilliant marketing stunt for both TikTok and incoming president Donald Trump,\u201d Jasmine Enberg, an analyst with market research firm Emarketer, said. \u201cBy abruptly shutting off service, TikTok proved how unpopular the ban was among its users.\u201d
After her 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round, Coco Gauff drew a broken heart on the lens of a courtside TV camera with the message, \u201c RIP TikTok USA,\u201d a reference to the ban of the popular app back home.
The law that took effect Sunday required ByteDance to cut ties with the platform\u2019s U.S. operations due to national security concerns. However, the statute authorized the sitting president to grant a 90-day extension if a viable sale was underway.
Although investors made some offers, ByteDance has said it would not sell. Trump said his order would \u201cextend the period of time before the law\u2019s prohibitions take effect\u201d and \u201cconfirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.\u201d
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how Trump\u2019s promised action would fare from a legal standpoint since the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the ban on Friday and the statute came into force the day before Trump\u2019s return to the White House.
\u201cI think Trump can at least make an argument that the language is meant to cover any president,\u201d University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias said.
Some lawmakers who voted for the sale-or-ban law, including some of Trump\u2019s fellow Republicans<\/a><\/span>, remain in favor of it. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas warned companies Sunday not to provide TikTok with technical support.
\u201cAny company that hosts, distributes, services, or otherwise facilitates communist-controlled TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars of ruinous liability under the law,\u201d Cotton wrote on X. \u201cThink about it.\u201d
Constitutional and business law attorney Kirk McGill said he thinks Trump lacks the legal authority to suspend the ban but it\u2019s unlikely the question would reach a court in the time it might take TikTok to find a buyer.
It\u2019s also unlikely that Apple or Google will face legal consequences if they move forward with Trump\u2019s demands, given that his administration would have to initiate any prosecutions, McGill said.
This screenshot from a cell phone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Mullen)
This screenshot from a cell phone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Mullen)
\u201cIn the next week or two, before the courts have the chance to do anything, this is certainly going to be a political fight, not a legal one,\u201d McGill said.
The on-and-off availability of TikTok came after the Supreme Court ruled that the risk to national security posed by TikTok\u2019s ties to China outweighed concerns about limiting speech by the app or its millions of U.S. users.
When TikTok users in the U.S. tried to watch or post videos on the platform<\/a><\/span> as of Saturday night, they saw a pop-up message under the headline, \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now.\u201d
\u201cA law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,\u201d the message said. \u201cUnfortunately that means you can\u2019t use TikTok for now.\u201d
The app was removed late Saturday from prominent app stores and remained so as of Sunday afternoon. Apple told customers it also took down other apps developed by ByteDance. They included Lemon8, which some influencers had promoted as a TikTok alternative<\/a><\/span>, the popular video editing app CapCut and photo editor Hypic.
\u201cApple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates,\u201d the company said.
Google declined to comment. Apple did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the day\u2019s developments.
Experts had said the law as written did not require TikTok to take down its platform, only for app stores<\/a><\/span> to remove it. Current users expected to continue to have access to videos until a lack of updates caused the app to stop working.
After TikTok was back online Sunday, content creator Tiffany Watson, 20, said she was \u201cpretty hopeful\u201d it would stay up. At the same time, Watson said her dedication \u201csolely\u201d to the platform declined during the months the threat of a ban loomed.
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)
\u201cOverall, I hope that creators will succeed and find community in spite of the unpredictability of TikTok,\u201d she said.
Trump\u2019s plan to spare TikTok on his first day in office reflected the ban\u2019s coincidental timing and the unusual mix of political considerations surrounding a social media platform that first gained popularity with often silly videos<\/a><\/span> featuring dances and music clips.
During his first presidential term, Trump in 2020 issued executive orders<\/a><\/span> banning dealings with ByteDance and the owners of the Chinese messaging app WeChat, moves that courts subsequently blocked.
Trump has since credited TikTok with helping him win support from young voters in last year\u2019s presidential election. TikTok CEO Shou Chew is expected to attend Trump\u2019s<\/a><\/span> inauguration with a prime seating location.
Trump\u2019s choice for national security adviser, Michael Waltz, told CBS News on Sunday that the president-elect discussed TikTok during a weekend call with Chinese President Xi Jinping \u201cand they agreed to work together on this.\u201d
The Biden administration has also stressed in recent days that it did not intend to implement or enforce the ban before Trump takes office on Monday.
ByteDance has publicly insisted<\/a><\/span> it would not sell TikTok, and no likely buyer has emerged.
On Saturday, artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI<\/a><\/span> submitted a proposal to ByteDance to create a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok\u2019s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Perplexity is not asking to purchase the ByteDance algorithm that feeds TikTok user\u2019s videos based on their interests.
In Washington, lawmakers and administration officials have long warned<\/a><\/span> that the algorithm is vulnerable to manipulation by China. To date, the U.S. has not publicly provided evidence of TikTok providing user data to Chinese authorities or tinkering with the algorithm to benefit Chinese interests.
Another unknown is whether Trump will remain a TikTok fan.
\u201cHe\u2019s flip-flopped on his stance toward TikTok before, and there\u2019s no guarantee he won\u2019t do so again,\u201d EMarketer\u2019s Enberg said.
Kanis Leung in Hong Kong and Charlotte Kramon in Atlanta, Nadia Lathan in Washington, and Barbara Ortutay in Oakland, California, contributed to this story.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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