Without finding a buyer from the United States in time, tiktok Expired in this country last Saturday, January 18, 2025. However, the ban on the social network did not last long, as in just over 12 hours, everything returned to normal. ByteDance, the app’s owners, thanked President Donald Trump for making it possible.
On the night of January 18, 2025, millions of TikTok users in the United States received a message indicating that the application would stop working in their region at the end of that day. However, after 14 hours, At noon on January 19, TikTok’s official networks shared a message stating that thanks to Donald Trump’s effortsThe application will work again in this country. Here’s what was said about it:
“According to our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service We thank President Trump for providing the clarity and assurance our service providers need that they will not face sanctions for providing TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to thrive.
It is a strong stance in favor of the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. “We will work with President Trump to find a long-term solution that allows TikTok to remain in the United States.”
However, his return to the United States came with an important asterisk. For TikTok to function properly in this country, ByteDance needs to sell the app to a company in this country. Trump indicated that management of the social network should be 50% for a Chinese company and 50% for an American company.. However, the specific percentage may vary.
There is currently no information on buying TikTok, and It is unknown which companies would be interested in this matter.. Similarly, it is unknown what will happen to the rest of the applications published by ByteDance, which are also blocked in the US, viz Marvel Snap and CapCut. On a related note, you can learn more about Donald Trump’s intervention in this case here. Similarly, YouTube takes its TikTok copy to a new level.
Through: The Verge
