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TikTok is restarting operations for its 170 million users in the US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order to allow the app to restart when he takes office on Monday.
On Saturday evening, the Chinese app stopped working for American users, after a national security ban went into effect.
But after Trump promised on Sunday to delay the implementation of the law and allow more time for a deal to be reached, TikTok said it was in the process of “restoring operations”.
He thanked the incoming president for his “clarity and assurance” and said the company will work with Trump “on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States”.
Posting on Truth Social, a social network that owns, Trump said on Sunday: “I’m asking companies not to let TikTok go dark! I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the time limit for this law to come into effect, so we can work together to protect our national security.”
TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, previously defied an order to sell its services in the US to avoid a ban. Law it was approved by the Supreme Court on Friday and went into effect on Sunday.
It is not clear which state Trump should delay the implementation of the law that is already in effect. But they hoped that his government would not implement the ban if it passed a decision.
For its part, President Joe Biden’s administration had previously said it would not enforce the law in his final hours in office and would instead allow the operation to be carried out under the Trump administration.
But TikTok released its services on Saturday evening, before quickly restoring it on Sunday.
Video clips are very popular among millions of US users. It has also proven an important tool in American politics to reach young voters.
Trumpet previously supported the banning of TikTokbut he recently said that it is a “hot spot” for the program, pointing out the billions of views that he says his videos attracted on the platform during last year’s presidential campaign.
Under a law passed last April, the US version of the app had to be removed from app stores and web hosting services if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its US services.
TikTok argued before the Supreme Court that the law violates the freedom of expression of its users in the country.
The legislation was passed with the support of Republicans and Democrats in Congress and was approved by the Supreme Court justices earlier this week.
This article reveals the conflict between the president-elect and the members of his party on major issues of national security. His choice for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, supported the ban.
“TikTok has increased the power and influence of the Chinese Communist Party in our country, right under our noses,” he said last April.
After Trump intervened on Sunday morning, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, a Republican senator from Arkansas, broke with Trump, saying that any company that helps TikTok stay online is breaking the law.
“Any company that owns, distributes, operates, or supports the communist-controlled TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud under the law, not only from the DOJ, but also under securities laws, shareholder lawsuits, and the AG’s government,” he wrote on social media.
