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TikTok Back Online in US as Trump Pledges to Delay Ban

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: January 19, 2025
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TikTok resumed operations in the United States on Sunday after briefly going offline as a law banning the app over national security concerns took effect.

The platform’s service restoration came after President-elect Donald Trump, set to retake office on Monday, promised to delay the ban and explore a resolution.

TikTok credited Trump for the reversal, though the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had earlier stated it would not enforce the prohibition.

The app went dark late Saturday as a deadline approached for its Chinese owners, ByteDance, to sell its US subsidiary to non-Chinese buyers.

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By Sunday morning, millions of users found themselves unable to access the popular video-sharing platform.

Trump intervened with an announcement on his Truth Social platform, pledging to issue an executive order extending the timeline to “make a deal” and calling for the United States to take part-ownership of TikTok.

“I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture,” Trump wrote. “By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands, and its value could surge to hundreds of billions of dollars — maybe trillions.”

In response, TikTok posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) confirming it was restoring service and thanking Trump for providing clarity to its service providers.

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“We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans,” the statement read.

TikTok resumed operations in the US by Sunday afternoon, though the company did not comment on Trump’s proposal for part-American ownership.

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