TikTok, a leading video-sharing platform owned by the Chinese’s ByteDance has reassured its United States of America (USA) subscribers that it would restore service.
Tiktok had on January 18, 2025 alerted the members of the public in its US’s over 170 million market that it would go dark on January 19, 2025.
In the statement titled “Possible Shutdown,” Tiktok noted the imminence of discontinuing its service in the US “Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement,” the statement says.
The statement comes after a US Court verdict that Tiktok would be removed from the country’s tech marketplace if it failed to sell its ownership, fearing breach of the country’s data and privacy.
ByteDance, the owner of the video-sharing app had refused, leading to the statement, notifying the US creators of imminent service discontinuation.
Prior to the promise to restore Tiktok service, the app had gone dark as stated by its management on January 19.
However, new statement from the app has given creators a sense of relief as the app’s service is currently underway to be restored.
In a statement released barely an hour ago via one of its X platforms, Tiktok “is in the process of restoring service.”
It thanked President Donald Trump, who had shown a deep interest in delaying TikTok’s ban in the US, “for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”
President Trump promised to probably deliver an order to delay TikTok’s ban for 90 days.
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