TikTok appears to be restoring service after U.S. ban, still available to Canadians – National

Canadian TikTok customers might have observed on Sunday a scarcity of latest content material from American creators because the app went darkish in the USA – however later began to reappear.

TikTok stated Sunday it was restoring service to U.S. customers after president-elect Donald Trump stated he would attempt to pause a court-ordered ban on the platform with an govt order on his first day in workplace.

Trump stated his order would give the app’s China-based mum or dad firm extra time to search out an permitted purchaser.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court docket introduced that it had unanimously upheld a federal regulation banning TikTok starting Sunday until the platform is bought by ByteDance.

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U.S. customers began receiving late Saturday a message within the app concerning the ban, saying they’ll’t use the platform “for now,” however a few of them reported the app was working once more on Sunday afternoon.

Nonetheless, TikTok remained unavailable for obtain in U.S. Apple and Google app shops.

The U.S. Supreme Court docket ban doesn’t prolong to Canada, which ordered the dissolution of TikTok’s Canadian enterprise in November after a nationwide safety overview of ByteDance.

TikTok has filed a authorized problem to battle Canada’s dissolution order, which stopped in need of ordering individuals within the nation to remain off the app.

Following the Supreme Court docket’s announcement, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew indicated Trump had dedicated to working with the corporate to discover a resolution that retains the app accessible within the U.S.

Trump wrote in a submit on his Reality Social account Sunday that his order would prolong the time period earlier than the U.S. regulation’s “prohibitions take impact.”

The U.S. turned inquisitive about banning TikTok in the previous couple of years as a result of it was frightened about Chinese language nationwide safety legal guidelines that compel organizations within the nation to help with intelligence gathering.