Following a 14-hour downtime in the United States, TikTok has announced it is working on restoring its services. In a statement shared on social media, the company declared:
Collaborating with our service providers, TikTok is currently in the process of reinstating service. We express our gratitude to President Trump for clarifying matters for our service providers, assuring them they won’t incur penalties for providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and helping more than 7 million small businesses flourish.
This is a strong affirmation of the First Amendment and a resistance against unwarranted censorship. We are committed to working with President Trump to develop a long-term solution that secures TikTok’s presence in the United States.
At 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, TikTok went offline in the U.S. due to the enactment of a federal ban. Subsequently, Apple removed the app from its App Store, stating it is “obligated to comply with the laws where it operates.”
As noted earlier, the challenge of enforcing the federal TikTok ban mainly falls on TikTok’s partners, including Apple, Google, Oracle, and others. In today’s announcement, TikTok mentions it has reached an “agreement” with these service providers.
This statement from TikTok follows a post on social media by President-elect Trump, announcing his intention to issue an executive order to “extend the time before the law’s prohibitions take effect.”
In their announcement, TikTok expresses appreciation to President Trump for “providing the necessary clarity” to their partners, ensuring they would “face no penalties” for re-establishing access to the platform.
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