After a day, however, it returned with a note expressing gratitude to Donald Trump, the incoming president, for his “efforts” in getting the app back up and running.
Why has TikTok returned?
The Supreme Court upheld a congressionally enacted law banning TikTok on Friday.
It stated that the restriction was “designed to prevent China—a designated foreign adversary—from leveraging its control over ByteDance to capture the personal data of US TikTok users.”.
The app fell down on Saturday night, just before the law was about to take effect on Sunday.
When US users attempted to utilize it, they were greeted with the following message: “The US has passed legislation outlawing TikTok. Regretfully, that means you are currently unable to use TikTok.