Their exile lasted less than 24 hours, ending when the Chinese-owned company restored service on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said he wou...
TikTok logo is pictured on the U.S. headquarters of the social media company in Culver City, California - REUTERSpix: On Saturday night, for the first time in five years, millions of American TikTok users who logged on for a late-night scroll were met with an unwelcome notice that their beloved app had been banned and shut down.
More recently, Trump has said he has “a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,“ crediting the app with helping him win over young voters in the 2024 election. “I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture,“ he wrote on his Truth Social platform.Though relieved, some users wonder if such a change to the company’s ownership structure would ultimately alter the TikTok experience.
The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to the overall operations of ByteDance, which would make a sale of the app with algorithms highly unlikely, Reuters reported in April.
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