Fearing enormous fines, Google and Apple held off from reinstating TikTok to their app stores until the DOJ sent them a second version of President Trump’s “written guidance.”
Restoring TikTok isn’t without risk for Apple and Google, legal experts warn, especially if the executive order faces legal challenges. Vice President JD Vance is charged with brokering a
The move reportedly comes after US attorney general Pam Bondi reassured Apple and Google they would not be fined for hosting TikTok.
The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.
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TikTok is back on the Apple and Google app storesTrump issued an executive order on his first day in office seeking to provide legal protection to companies that work with TikTok. In practical terms, it instructed the Department of Justice to not hold any companies liable for violating the TikTok ban.
After the TikTok application was shut down in the United States on Jan. 18 and then restored the next day, the ban was put on halt for 75 days. Prof. Gary Jefferson (ECON) shares his thoughts on what this means on both a national and global level.
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TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores Nearly 1 Month After Temporary Ban Forced Its RemovalTikTok has returned to Apple and Google's app stores nearly a month after they were removed. The popular short-form video app returned to the app stores late on Thursday, Feb. 13, according to the Associated Press and Reuters .
The popular social media app was removed to comply with a new law that banned it in the United States. President Trump has paused enforcement of the ban.
Apple and Google have restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores after President Trump delayed enforcement of a law that requires the popular video app to divest or face a nationwide ban.
The Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 mandated that TikTok be sold from its Chinese parent company ByteDance by January 19 or face a U.S. ban.
For weeks, TikTok was not available in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store in the USA. Both feared severe penalties. Now comes the turnaround.
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