TikTok users in the United States gained partial access to the popular social media app on Sunday, just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s promised reinstatement order was expected to take effect.Earlier on Saturday, the app was taken offline after the US Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok from a new law requiring the owner, ByteDance, to sell popular short-video app to an American company – the first such action against a widely used social media site.
Trump, who is set to be sworn in on Monday, has promised to issue an executive order immediately after he takes office and to grant the company more time to comply. On Sunday, during a rally held ahead of his inauguration, Trump proclaimed that “as of today, TikTok is back” and credited the app for winning him young voters in the November general elections.
Here’s what you need to know about the ban and Trump’s promise:
How was Trump able to reverse the TikTok ban?
President-elect Trump, who previously backed a TikTok ban, promised on Sunday to pass an executive order to halt the federal ban temporarily. Advertisement
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the order would “extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect” and allow TikTok to find a US company to share 50 percent ownership with.
Trump had previously said in media interviews that the order would last for an initial 90 days.
Is TikTok working in the US now?
TikTok confirmed it was in the “process of restoring service” in a Sunday statement on X. The company also thanked Trump for providing “clarity and assurance to our service providers that …
