Tiktok is back on Apple and Google American applications stories after President Trump said the technology giants are not fined if they reactivated it.
They deleted the extremely popular video sharing application after the law entered into force on January 19 – the day before that Mr. Trump was inaugurated – forcing his Chinese owner to sell or to face a ban.
We feared that Beijing could use Tiktok to spy on American users and the application, used by almost half of all Americans, became briefly dark.
But the service was restored after Mr. Trump said he would sign a decree delay the application of the prohibitionWhat he duly did, with a deadline of 75 days.
Apple and Google, however, kept it on application stores.
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Now the president has assured the insurance that no company will face penalties if it offers Tiktok for download.
He also said that his deadline for two and a half months could be extended, but doubts that will be necessary.
While he considers his future in North America, Tiktok still has to convince US officials that she does not threaten national security.
One way to do it would be to find a American owner for his American operation.
There is speculation that it could be estimated at around $ 100 billion (80 billion pounds sterling) if it is sold with its algorithm.
“We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps Tiktok in the United States,” he said in a statement.
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In the United Kingdom, Tiktok remains prohibited on all phones of the British government – despite the ministers Launch of an official account.
The “UK Gov” account was created last week and has so far published a series of public service messages on subjects, especially Digital driving licenses And the work plan to stimulate the neighborhood police.
There were more than 52 million Tiktok downloads in 2024, according to the company of the Intelligence Company Market, in a distribution of 52/48 between Apple and Google respectively.