TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

TikTok is mostly back online after briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law that went into effect on January 19th.

On January 20th, Donald Trump issued an executive order “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today.” However, Google and Apple have not yet restored TikTok or the other ByteDance apps that were removed back to the App Store or Google Play.

A message from TikTok on Sunday said it’s “…in the process of restoring service” while thanking President-elect Donald Trump “for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties” for bringing back the app.

Read on for all the latest news on the TikTok ban law in the US.