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- Apple and Android brought TikTok back to their app stores for US users on Thursday night.
- Since late January, TikTok’s service — but not the app itself — was available in the US.
- TikTok’s app was removed due to a divest-or-ban law signed by former President Joe Biden.
Apple and Android have restored TikTok on US app stores on Thursday night.
Last month, the companies made ByteDance apps, including TikTok, unavailable in the US to comply with a divest-or-ban law that former President Joe Biden signed in April.
TikTok itself went dark for a couple of hours in the US leading up to January 20. But it was brought back online after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his inauguration day that delayed the ban by 75 days.
This week, TikTok announced an Android package kit that allows users to download TikTok and TikTok Lite to bypass the ban.
Last year, the bill to ban TikTok received bipartisan support in the House and Senate due to national security concerns with ByteDance’s Chinese ownership. ByteDance spent months challenging the law that required it to be divested or banned from the US before January 19. On January 17, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the ban.
Apple, Android, and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
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