In the United States, the TikTok application has disappeared from the App Store and Play Store for a few minutes. The app can no longer be downloaded on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, and on the web a message indicates that TikTok is currently not available.
This is the direct consequence of the law signed last April by Joe Biden, then confirmed this week by the US Supreme Court. As of January 19, TikTok is banned in the United States, whether via application stores or on the web, unless owner ByteDance finds a buyer for the social network’s American activity. But that wasn’t the case.
TikTok hopes for a saving hand from Donald Trump
The call was brought forward by a few minutes, since the application disappeared from the App Store and the Play Store before the fateful date. Likewise, when an American Internet user connects to the already installed application or to the website, he is greeted by a message informing him that “ Unfortunately ”, under a law banning TikTok, it is no longer possible to use the social network at the moment.
The message adds: “ We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to restore TikTok once he takes office ».
-Donald Trump’s inauguration will take place on January 20. Shou Chew, the CEO of TikTok, will also be one of the guests with a whole host of big tech bosses. The president-elect indicated for his part that he needed time to examine the situation, but that he will make a decision quickly — probably as early as Monday.
A priori, Donald Trump should give ByteDance a 90-day reprieve from selling TikTok’s American activity to another company, as he announced to NBC. Perplexity AI has submitted an acquisition proposal, but the Elon Musk hypothesis is up in the air.
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