Overview

• The Ministry of Electronics and IT told reporters no unblocking order has been issued and labeled comeback reports false and misleading.
• ByteDance said it has not restored access in India and continues to comply with the government directive.
• Users briefly saw the TikTok India homepage load without a VPN, but other pages returned region-restriction errors.
• Reporters attribute the temporary reachability to network-level misconfiguration similar to an ISP lapse seen in 2022.
• The app remains unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India, while some users also noticed AliExpress briefly opening.