TikTok is working again in US just hours after shutting down — and it’s thanks to Trump

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Tiktok was back up and running on Sunday, hours after President-elect Donald Trump vowed to prevent it from “going out. “

The application of Chinese social networks showed that it was in the procedure of restoring the service in an X publication and praised Trump for its role in the restoration of the site.

“We thank President Trump for providing clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no consequences for offering Tiktok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to thrive,” wrote Tiktok Policy on X.

“It’s a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States,” the statement said.

In a message “Welcome! » Message that gave the impression of the app after the ban, users also received: “Thank you for your patience and support. Thanks to President Trump’s efforts, Tiktok is back in the United States!”

The very cheerful Tiktok users took to other social sites to share what they had discovered on their accounts.

They included New Yorkers who rejoiced over the good news — while also expressing shock that the ban ended so quickly.

“That was fast!” said a user walking in Central Park.

Emma, 19 students in South Carolina, said, “I was really emotional when I saw him because of the short time he was gone.

“I kept searching to click on the application because I missed it a lot,” he said laughing. “I hope it doesn’t disappear anymore. “

The news came a few hours after Trump said he posted an executive order on Monday to “prevent Tiktok from coming out. ” Announcing his goal of saving Trump, 78, he said the U. S. would take a 50% stake in a joint venture to buy the platform.

It’s unclear whether Trump meant he wanted the U. S. government to own a portion of the app.

Tiktok’s parent company, Bytedance, had in the past nine months or until January 19, either to sell U. S. platform activities or be banned from the country.

The ban had been overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of Congress in April and subsequently signed into law by President Biden.

But Trump, who supported the prohibition in 2020, said Sunday that he hoped to give the request of 90 days to locate a non -Chinese owner, inciting the company to be online again without worries.

TikTok, which claims to have a user base of more than 170 million in the United States alone, has long raised national security concerns, adding China to a wealth of U. S. data.

Despite Trump’s change of heart on the request, some Republicans and moguls of the generation have steadfastly held their line, invoking the lingering dangers to U. S. national security.

“Unless TikTok is no longer controlled through Beijing, the national security risk that motivated the divestment law has been addressed,” Evan Swarztrauber, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, told the Post on Sunday.

Other tech experts have criticized the app for creating a “manufactured sense of panic” by limiting its operations in the United States even before dawn, in order to quickly fix them.

“Tiktok’s early closure is due to corporate incompetence or planned exposure trick to inspire a manufactured of panic,” said Joel Thayer, a technological lawyer and president of the Institute of Digital Progress based in Washington. It is the last solution.

“The fact is, even before Congress enacted the law, the United States told Tiktok how to address its egregious national security considerations for more than five years, and the company did nothing,” Thayer said. “Now, after trying to make false claims to delay the implementation of the law and on the eve of its ban, you need a share of the damage. We are sorry, but the company is frankly an unfriendly and deceitful agent. “

US Senator Tom Cotton also expressed fear after the app would return for millions of Americans.

“Any company that hosts, distributes, maintains, or otherwise facilitates Tiktok under the communist can face many billions of dollars of ruinous duty under the law, not only in the Justice Department component, but also under the Securities Act, Shareholder Prosecution, and the state’s GA.

While Tiktok returned to operations for millions of Americans, the app was not available for new consumers to download in the App Store.

Earlier news of the app being shut down for good sent some American users into a tizzy trying to access it through a VPN, or virtual private network, which can trick websites and apps into thinking a user is based in a different country.

VPNs were unable to help Americans access their accounts earlier, on Saturday and Sunday, while the short-lived ban was still in place.

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