Almost a month after disappearing from Apple and Google application stores, Tiktok is back.
Apple and Google Made Tiktok Available in your application stores Thursday night after putting the application January 18 Comply with a law called Controlled Applications Law of Adversary Foreign Acts of the Application Law. The law granted the owner of Tiktok based in Beijing until January 19 to sell the application or face a prohibition of the United States.
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Tiktok darkened on January 18 to 170 million US users After not finding a buyer before the deadline, but quickly returned the next day after President Donald Trump committed to saving the application. Trump signed an executive order on January 20, extending application operations in the United States for 75 days and giving him more time to find a buyer. Tiktok has been available for its US users since January 19, but it was not yet available to download in application stores until Thursday.
CEO of Tiktok Shou Zi Chew. Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg through Getty Images
In the month that Tiktok was out of US application stores, eBay sellers began selling iPhone 14s unlocked with the Tiktok application downloaded for $ 3,000 to $ 3,500, more than usual from $ 300 to $ 500 for iPhone 14s unlocked in selling Walmart and Best Buy.
Trump’s executive order of Tiktok allows its administration to deliver in “the appropriate course of action with respect to Tiktok”. The order prohibits the Department of Justice from imposing sanctions on companies such as Apple and Google for breach of the law by allowing Tiktok to return to its platforms.
Many groups have presented formal offers to acquire Tiktok, including the billionaire and the former owner of the Dodgers Frank McCourt Who associated with Shark Tank’s investor Kevin O’Leary, to announce an offer of $ 20 billion. Ai startup perplexity Also presented an offer Last month to merge your business with the American Division of Tiktok for More than $ 50 billion.
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