App says service will be restored in U.S. after Trump vows to issue executive order

 

TikTok said that it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before

• TikTok became unavailable last night, just hours before a law banning the platform was expected to go into effect. Users who tried to access the app were greeted with a pop-up message on their screens saying 
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• “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”
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• President-elect Donald Trump clarified his stance on TikTok, writing on Truth Social today that he’d like to bring the app back online in the U.S. as soon as possible, even if there’s no deal yet for a U.S.-based company to buy the app.
• Though access to the app has been restored for many U.S. users, those who don’t have the app on their devices still appear unable to download it through the Apple and Android app stores.
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• President Joe Biden signed a law in April that required TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership and sell to a U.S. company or face a shutdown.
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•  His administration said it’s leaving enforcement of the ban in the hands of the incoming Trump administration.