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January 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
3️⃣ *TikTok has restored service in the United States after briefly going dark,* as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect. 🇺🇸 📱 *The video-sharing platform credited President-elect Donald Trump,* set to retake power on Monday, for making the reversal possible -- though the outgoing *administration of President Joe Biden had earlier said it would not enforce any ban.* *TikTok had shut down in the United States late Saturday* as a deadline loomed for its *Chinese owners ByteDance to sell its US subsidiary to non-Chinese buyers.* Earlier Sunday, as *millions of dismayed users found themselves barred* from the app, *Trump promised to issue an executive order delaying the ban* to allow time to _"make a deal."_
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