Update 6:45 p.m. — TikTok will be returning shortly in the United States. The social network explains that the service will be restored. Donald Trump provided clarifications on his action and on "the guarantees necessary for our service providers" (Apple and Google for the stores, Oracle for the cloud): the latter will not face any sanctions by continuing to offer TikTok. A long-term solution must now be found.
The president-elect indicated that he was in favor of the solution of selling "50%" of TikTok's American activities to a US company. He will sign an executive order to this effect tomorrow, Monday.
Original article, 01/18 —This is the direct consequence of the law signed last April by Joe Biden, then confirmed this week by the US Supreme Court. As of January 19, TikTok is banned in the United States, whether via app stores or on the web, unless the owner ByteDance finds a buyer for the American activity of the social network. But that has not been the case.
TikTok is hoping for a helping hand from Donald Trump
The call was brought forward by a few minutes, since the application disappeared from the App Store and the Play Store before the fateful date. Similarly, when an American Internet user logs into the already installed application or on the website, they are greeted with a message informing them that “unfortunately”, under a law banning TikTok, it is no longer possible to use the social network at the moment.
The message adds: “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office”.
Donald Trump's inauguration will take place on January 20. TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be among the guests, along with a whole host of tech industry leaders. The president-elect has indicated that he needs time to examine the situation, but that he will make a decision quickly — probably as early as Monday.
A priori, Donald Trump should give ByteDance a 90-day extension to sell TikTok's American business to another company, as he announced to NBC. Perplexity AI has submitted an acquisition proposal, but the Elon Musk hypothesis is in the air.
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