Photo: Getty Images (illustrative photo). TikTok is back up and running after a few hours of downtime
Donald Trump said earlier this week that he would “likely” delay the TikTok ban for 90 days after taking office on Monday. But he has not yet made a final decision.
About 12 hours after TikTok went down in the US, the app is back up for many users, CNN reports .
The platform explained its return by President-elect Donald Trump’s desire to save the app.
On January 19, the social network TikTok stopped working in the United States less than two hours before the ban was supposed to take effect. Users who tried to open the app at that time saw a message that it was offline, asking them to “stay connected.”
Previously, Donald Trump did not rule out maintaining Chinese ownership of TikTok if measures are taken to ensure the protection and storage of American users’ data in the United States, said Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz.
Waltz said the president-elect is working to “save TikTok” and hasn’t ruled out continued Chinese ownership combined with “firewalls to make sure the data is protected here on American soil.”
Trump said he would “likely” grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban after he takes office on Monday, a promise TikTok cited in a message posted to users on the app.
As a reminder, on January 17, the US Supreme Court upheld a law requiring TikTok to be blocked unless China’s ByteDance sells the platform to an American company. On the same day, Trump said he would soon make a decision on TikTok .
At the same time, media reported that Chinese government representatives were exploring the possibility of transferring TikTok to the US under the control of Elon Musk .
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