After going dark for millions of Americans this weekend, TikTok came back online following a pledge from Donald Trump to keep it going. There's just one problem: the law says it should still be offline.
TikTok's status in the US was thrown into confusion ahead of Trump's inauguration on Monday after the president-elect promised to extend the deadline on a law threatening to ban the social media app unless it was sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance.
In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. 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 divest-or-ban law signed in April last year on national security grounds was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, meaning TikTok would officially be offline in the US on January 19 unless it had a new owner.
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