Twenty -six days after it was expelled from US application stores, Tiktok returned to the iOS application store and Google Play store. Apple and Google have brought back the Chinese video application after receiving a letter from the US attorney general Pam Bondi to ensure that the companies they will not be fined for storing it, Bloomberg. first report Thursday.
Google confirmed to Wired, they brought Tiktok back, but did not immediately explain the reason. Apple, Tiktok and the Ministry of Justice have not immediately responded to comments. Bondi was sworn in the office last week.
The return of a few weeks for Tiktok. Platforms disappear from the US application stores And was dark for users nationwide on January 19, a few hours before the ban takes effect. It Back to life At the end of that day, after Tiktok's executive directors received their own guarantee from which President -elect Donald Trump was that he would provide more time to achieve the solution. If you already have an application on your phone, it will work normally that afternoon.
After Trump took office on January 20 Operating orders Tiktok has regretted. I am instructing the attorney general to not have any action to enforce the law for a period of 75 days from today to allow my government to have the opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward, application. Order reading.
However, Google and Apple continue to hold Tiktok out of their market, which means that new users cannot install it. That is because the law has undergone the Tiktok ban, the protection of Americans from the law of applications controlled by foreign competitors (PAFACA) that American technology companies cannot distribute, maintain or update. Any application from Bytedance, the parent company of Tiktok. Those who face the prospect of heavy fines. That means not only tiktok But a dozen applicationsIncluding popular services such as Lemon8, Capcut and Marvel Snap, were not available to download for more than three weeks. (These applications also return to application stores on Thursday.)
Although Tiktok is not available, users are looking for it on the iOS app store welcomed by the following notice: Tiktok and other Bytedance applications are not available in the country or the area you are participating in. A different link of the Viking people sent users to a long article explaining why the application has disappeared and a reminder that they will not receive any update as long as the ban is apply. Meanwhile, the Google Play store said the downloads for this application were paused due to current US legal requirements. The searcher is guided to competitors applications, some of which have seen A swelling in use.
PAFA allow The president will extend the Tiktok banned time after 90 days if he certifies to the National Assembly that the Islamic process has been made to sell applications for an non -Chinese company.
Just before taking office, Trump proposed that the United States may have Ownership of 50 percent of tiktokwithout determining his meaning. The president was reported Recently typing JD Vance Vice Chairman to lead the negotiations between Bytedance and potential buyers. One Report scenario Will involve Oracle and another group of investors control the platform.