Thanks to the Donald Trump administration, TikTok temporarily restored its service in the United States. The short video social network, used by more than 170 million Americans, faced one of its biggest crises just before Donald Trump's return to the White House.
“According to our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service”, said TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a statement on X. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will not face sanctions for providing TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and enabling more than 7 million small businesses to thrive”.
For his part, Trump announced on social media that TikTok could receive a 90-day reprieve before the final implementation of the ban. This decision comes at a critical time, just days before his official return to the presidency.
On Sunday 19, a law required ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to sell the app to a U.S. company. If this condition were not met, the platform would be banned in the country. In addition, the regulation made it illegal for U.S. companies to support the distribution, maintenanc,e or update of TikTok.
This situation generated several critical service providers for the platform to withdraw their support, fearing legal reprisals, even though officials from President Joe Biden's White House and the Department of Justice clarified that implementing the law would be up to Donald Trump's administration.
However, this did not stop TikTok from going offline on Saturday, January 18. That day, the app disappeared from the Apple and Google Play stores, making new downloads impossible. Before the law went into effect, the company sent a message to its 170 million users in the United States, informing them that "the platform is no longer available ” due to the ban imposed by the regulation.
The situation took a turn hours later when TikTok communicated that President Donald Trump - about to retake office - had expressed his willingness to work with the company to restore the regular operation of the application. He also assured that there would be no retaliation against companies that tried to collaborate with the platform.
Still, this is not a definitive solution, as social media must challenge the U.S. ruling on the matter or be sold to an American owner.
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