TikTok experienced a brief outage over the weekend due to a Supreme Court decision upholding a 2024 federal law. This law required TikTok to cease operations in the US unless sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance. The app began to resume service on Sunday, with users seeing a “Welcome back” message by Monday morning. However, new installs were still blocked on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. President Trump announced on Truth Social that he would issue an executive order to extend the deadline for TikTok’s compliance, aiming to facilitate a deal that would give the US a 50% ownership stake in a joint venture. This move aims to protect national security while ensuring TikTok’s availability in the US.
Source: arstechnica.com
