The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating further action against mobile giants Apple and
TikTok service is back online in the US, but the app is unavailable for download in the US - here's when it might return.
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
Despite President Trump's temporary stay on the federal TikTok ban, it's extremely unlikely that the video-sharing app will return to the App Store anytime soon. Here's why.
With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.
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While TikTok has been restored for millions of American users after going dark, the app still isn't available on Apple's App Store or Google Play.
It lasted 14 hours but the TikTok ban got Apple and Google swiftly into action. The TikTok app in the US was removed from Google Play Store and Apple App Store as soon as it went dark. While TikTok has revealed that it is restoring services in the US, the app isn’t back on App Store and neither on Play Store.
If you search for TikTok on the App Store, you’ll see a message saying, “TikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region you’re in,” while Google Play says, “Downloads for this app are paused due to current US legal requirements.”
On eBay, smartphones with TikTok still installed fetch hundreds to thousands of dollars, with one iPhone 16 Pro Max with the app is going for $5,000 and another iPhone 16 Plus asking for over $3,000.
Users trying to open Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8 will see a message similar to the one TikTok displayed when it went dark on Saturday night. “A law banning CapCut has been e