TikTok Restored to Apple and Google App Stores in the U.S.
The app returns weeks after being removed due to a U.S. law requiring its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell or face a ban.
- Apple and Google have reintroduced TikTok to their app stores after removing it to comply with U.S. legislation targeting the app's Chinese ownership.
- The law, passed in 2024 and signed by Joe Biden, mandates ByteDance to sell TikTok or risk a nationwide ban over national security concerns related to user data.
- Donald Trump, at the start of his second term, suspended the law's enforcement for 75 days to negotiate a resolution with ByteDance and China.
- Trump proposed ByteDance transfer 50% ownership of TikTok's U.S. operations to American entities to avoid the app's prohibition.
- TikTok, with over 170 million U.S. users, faces an uncertain future as the April deadline for ByteDance to divest approaches.
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