The ByteDance owned social media app shut down on Saturday, complying with the federal law which required a US ban if not sold prior to January 19.
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00:00It was a rollercoaster weekend for 170 million Americans and 7 million businesses on TikTok.
00:07The ByteDance-owned social media app shut down on Saturday, complying with federal law
00:12which required a U.S. ban if not sold prior to January 19th.
00:17A message popped up when logging in reading, quote, We are fortunate that President Trump
00:22has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes
00:27office.
00:28Suddenly, the app was back online Sunday afternoon.
00:32TikTok CEO Choo will be in a position of honor at the Trump inauguration.
00:37It was President Trump, after all, though, that originally wanted to ban the app on national
00:42security grounds, a position a bipartisan majority of Congress and the Supreme Court
00:48agreed with.