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TikTok Coming Back to Apple's App Store Tonight
Apple plans to return TikTok to the U.S. App Store tonight, reports Bloomberg. The company's decision to start distributing TikTok again comes after a letter sent from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Apple removed TikTok from the U.S. App Store on January 18, just ahead of when a law banning TikTok went into effect on January 19. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that led to TikTok being removed from the App Store was first passed in April 2024, and it gave TikTok parent company ByteDance a nine month period to sell the app to a non-Chinese company. ByteDance fought against the law, claiming that it was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment, but U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, were not swayed by the argument. U.S. President Donald Trump gave TikTok a reprieve by ordering the Department of Justice not to enforce the law for a 75-day period, but Apple did not return the app to the App Store. In a support document explaining TikTok's removal, Apple said that it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates." While TikTok has been absent from the App Store for the last month, the social network has remained functional and those who previously downloaded TikTok have been able to continue to use the app.Tags: App Store, TikTokThis article, "TikTok Coming Back to Apple's App Store Tonight" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Apple plans to return TikTok to the U.S. App Store tonight, reports Bloomberg. The company's decision to start distributing TikTok again comes after a letter sent from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Apple removed TikTok from the U.S. App Store on January 18, just ahead of when a law banning TikTok went into effect on January 19.
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that led to TikTok being removed from the App Store was first passed in April 2024, and it gave TikTok parent company ByteDance a nine month period to sell the app to a non-Chinese company.
ByteDance fought against the law, claiming that it was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment, but U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, were not swayed by the argument.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave TikTok a reprieve by ordering the Department of Justice not to enforce the law for a 75-day period, but Apple did not return the app to the App Store. In a support document explaining TikTok's removal, Apple said that it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates."
While TikTok has been absent from the App Store for the last month, the social network has remained functional and those who previously downloaded TikTok have been able to continue to use the app.
This article, "TikTok Coming Back to Apple's App Store Tonight" first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
Apple removed TikTok from the U.S. App Store on January 18, just ahead of when a law banning TikTok went into effect on January 19.
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that led to TikTok being removed from the App Store was first passed in April 2024, and it gave TikTok parent company ByteDance a nine month period to sell the app to a non-Chinese company.
ByteDance fought against the law, claiming that it was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment, but U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, were not swayed by the argument.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave TikTok a reprieve by ordering the Department of Justice not to enforce the law for a 75-day period, but Apple did not return the app to the App Store. In a support document explaining TikTok's removal, Apple said that it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates."
While TikTok has been absent from the App Store for the last month, the social network has remained functional and those who previously downloaded TikTok have been able to continue to use the app.
This article, "TikTok Coming Back to Apple's App Store Tonight" first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
