What We Know About the TikTok Ban

Starting on Saturday night, TikTok, the short-form video app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was unavailable in the United States as a result of a new law that banned the company’s apps in the country.By around noon on Sunday, it was back.Though the law calls on ByteDance to sell TikTok to non-Chinese owners or face a ban starting Sunday, TikTok said it was responding to new “clarity” from President-elect Donald J.

Trump when it restored service.Mr.Trump vowed early Sunday to stall the implementation of the ban to give TikTok more time to make a sale that would satisfy the law.

It’s still not clear how he’ll be able to do so.What’s happening with TikTok this weekend?TikTok feeds stopped working in the United States late on Saturday night.Instead of videos, the app showed a pop-up message to users that said a law banning TikTok was enacted in the United States and that “President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.” It added, “Please stay tuned!”Then around noon on Sunday, the app worked again.“In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.

We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok,” the company said in a statement.In practice, the law penalizes app stores, like Apple and Google, and other internet companies, like Oracle, for distributing or updating any TikTok content.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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