Twenty-six days after being banished in American application stores, Tiktok returned to the App iOS application and the Google Play Store. Apple and Google brought back the video application belonging to Chinese after receiving a letter from the US prosecutor Pam Bondi ensuring companies that they would not be condemned to a fine for hosting it, Bloomberg reported for the first time THURSDAY.
Google confirmed to Wired, he brought back Tiktok, but did not immediately develop the reason. Apple, Tiktok and the Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comments. Bondi was sworn in last week.
The return concludes a few heavy weeks for Tiktok. The platform has disappeared from American applications stores and has been dark for users in the country on January 19, a few hours before entry into force. He brought back for life later in the day, after the leaders of Tiktok received their own insurance from the time, president elected Donald Trump, that he would bring more time to a resolution. If you already had the application on your phone, it normally worked the same afternoon.
After Trump took office on January 20, one of his first decrees gave Tiktok a stay. “I ask the Attorney General not to take action to enforce the law for a period of 75 days from today to allow my administration to determine the appropriate course,” said the order.
Google and Apple, however, continued to keep Tiktok out of their markets, which means that new users could not install it. Indeed, the law underlying the prohibition of Tiktok – the protection of Americans against foreign controlled applications (PAFACA) – ensures that American technological companies cannot “distribute, maintain or update” all applications of Bytedance, the parent company of Tiktok. Those who face the prospect of heavy fines. This does not only mean Tiktok, but a dozen applications, including popular offers like Lemon8, Capcut and Marvel Snap, were not available to download for more than three weeks. (These applications also returned to application stores on Thursday.)
While Tiktok was not available, users looking for her on the iOS app store were welcomed by the following message: “Tiktok and other Bytedance applications are not available in the country or the region in which you are . ” An “Learn Plus” link sent users to a long article explaining why the application had disappeared and a reminder that they would not receive any update for as long as the prohibition was in place. The Google Play Store, on the other hand, said: “Downloads of this application are interrupted due to current American legal requirements.” The researchers were directed to competing applications, many of which saw a bump of use.
Pafaca allowed The president to extend the deadline for the 90 -day Tiktok prohibition if he certifies in Congress that “significant progress” has been concluded to an agreement to sell the application to a non -Chinese company.
Just before taking office, Trump proposed that the United States can have 50% of Tiktok’s property, without specifying what he meant. The president would have recently tapped Vice-president JD Vance to direct negotiations between Bytedance and potential buyers. A Scenario reported would involve Oracle and a group of other investors taking control of the platform.
