TikTok is back, kids.
The popular app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, reappeared for download on Apple‘s App Store today. Google Play reportedly said it was doing the same.
TikTok has 170+ million U.S. users, the majority of whom are under 30.
Last year, then-President Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The law was upheld by the Supreme Court in January, amid calls for ByteDance to divest the company into the control of a U.S. owner or be banned in the U.S. As a result, the app had been unavailable for download since January 18.
Trump signed an executive order for a 90-day extension if the ban one day after taking office, yet the app remained unavailable for download.
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Now that’s changed.
The New York Times reported that Google and Apple “recently received letters from the Justice Department assuring them that they would not face fines for carrying TikTok in their app stores.” Trump’s executive order reportedly called for “written guidance” to be sent out.
