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TikTok Returns to US App Stores After Ban Postponed

today15 February, 2025

Background

TikTok is back on app stores in the United States today after President Donald Trump postponed enforcing a ban of the popular social media platform. The proposed law — passed by Congress, signed by former President Joe Biden, and upheld by the Supreme Court — had ordered TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the application, or else face a ban in the US. From there, Benji Hyer reports.

Written by: Leonard Witbeen