TikTok restored service in the United States after briefly going dark due to a law banning the app on national security grounds. Trump intervened, promising to issue an executive order delaying the ban and urging the US to take a 50% ownership stake in TikTok.
TikTok restored service in the United States after briefly going dark as a law banning the app on national security grounds came into effect.TikTok restored service in the United States after briefly going dark as a law banning the app on national security grounds came into effect. Image: Lionel BONAVENTURE, JIM WATSON / AFPrestored service in the United States on Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.
In a statement posted on X following Trump’s comments, TikTok said it “is in the process of restoring service.” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives told AFP the episode “marked a big win for TikTok and a political win for Trump,” likening the episode to “high-stakes poker between the US and China.”At a pre-election rally Sunday evening at a Washington sports arena, Trump hammered home his enthusiasm for saving the app, telling the crowd: “Frankly, we have no choice, we have to save it,” while indicating that there were a “lot of jobs” involved.
Sunday’s blackout came after the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld the legislation banning it pending any sale. Besides removing TikTok from app stores, the law requires Apple and Google to block new downloads, with the companies liable for penalties of up to $5 000 per user if the app is accessed.In Europe, TikTok’s suspension drew praise from the foreign minister of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, who said on X that banning the platform “must be considered in Europe as well.”
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