Apple, Google restore TikTok to their app stores
It took less than a month to withdraw a new law from their U.S. app stores that require Tiktok to evacuate its Chinese owners, and social media platforms will be on the week Four nights back to Apple and Google Play Stores.
A Google spokesperson told CBS News that Tiktok has been restored to its App Store. The app also appears in the Apple Store. CBS News has commented with Apple.
Bloomberg reported that Bloomberg Attorney General Pam Bondi notified Apple that Google would not enforce the new law immediately.
Legislators and national security officials are increasingly concerned that Bytedance, the Beijing parent of Tiktok, could use the very popular short-form video app to monitor Americans or manipulate what they see on the platform.
The bipartisan bill is Signed as law Former President Joe Biden gave Tiktok until January 19, with access to the App Store and Web Hosting services in the U.S.
Tiktok and Bondentance challenged the law, but it’s Upheld by the Supreme Court It took effect a few days before it was effective, which referenced the national security risks of the application’s collection practices.
When the deadline arrived last month, tiktok Short-term and voluntary shutdown of services In the U.S., the app is also withdrawn from Apple and Google Play stores, although the Biden administration said during the recession that it is up to the Trump administration to enforce it.
But, just one day later, on the same day as his inauguration, President Trump Signed an executive order This calls on the Justice Department not to enforce the law for at least 75 days.
Tiktok remains operational for people in the United States who have already downloaded the app, although it is unavailable as long as the update is not accessible in the app store.
Mr. Trump told reporters on Thursday that there are many people interested in getting Tiktok and he hopes to reach a deal.
“We may have to get China’s approval to do this,” Trump said. “I think China will be interested because it’s in their favor, too.”
