TikTok restores service in US, thanking Trump


WASHINGTON: TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday (Jan 19) after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.

The video-sharing platform credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on Monday, for making the reversal possible -- though the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had earlier said that it would not enforce any ban.

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