TikTok is back. The app noted in a statement on Sunday that they are “in the process of restoring service” following incoming President Trump’s pledge to sign an executive order delaying the implementation of the bill which would require the company to divest.
The popular social video app went dark in the U.S. on Saturday night, just before the divestiture bill was set to became law at midnight on Jan. 19.
The Biden administration had said that “actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump wrote he was “asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark” and that “I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture.”
Hours later, TikTok thanked 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 and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”
The statement continued, “It’s a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States.”
The digital game Marvel Snap — owned, like TikTok, by ByteDance — also went offline on Sunday. In a statement, the game’s American developing company Second Dinner Studios noted the outage was “a surprise to us and wasn’t planned” and that the company was “actively working on getting the game up as soon as possible.” The game’s website was still down at the time of publish.
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