Tiktok returns to US app stores after Trump has delayed the ban | Social Media News

Apple and Google have provided the video sharing app again against the backdrop of national security concerns by some US officials.

Tiktok returned to Apple and Google's Apple stores in the United States after President Donald Trump delayed the application of a Prohibition of the popular social media appManaged by Chinese technology company bytedance.

The fate of the application took place in the air because a law requiring its Chinese owner, either to sell it on national security sites, or to face a ban that enters into force on January 19th. Tiktok, which has more than 170 million US users, has been removed from Apple and Google Stores applications on January 18 to comply with the law.

After entering office on January 20, Trump Signed an enforcement order that wants to delay by 75 days the application of the law. However, Apple and Google had not provided Tiktok in their app stores so far.

Video sharing app has long been facing problems in the US, with the government claiming that its Chinese property and access to millions of Americans are risking it from national security.

The ban was adopted for fears that the Chinese government could use the app to spy on Americans or hiddenly affect the US public opinion by collecting data and manipulating content.

Its owner accusations The fact that he has shared US consumer data at the request of the Chinese government and claims that the law requiring it to be released or banned violates the rights of first amendment to its US users.

Trump suggested that Tiktok could be owned, half of its property being American.

In remarks to reporters in the Oval cabinet on Thursday, Trump said he was still hoping to make a deal to keep the app alive in the United States by lending it, helping him win the 2024 presidential election.

Trump said he believes Chinese President Xi Jinping will agree to approve Tiktok's sale to a US buyer, as this will also be in China's interest.

“I will do useful to make China,” he said without giving any details. “I think it would be in favor of China to conclude the deal.”