Jill Wagner

In a statement, the company said, quote, In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they'll face no penalties. So let's rewind a bit.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the law passed by Congress that said the Chinese-owned TikTok owner ByteDance would need to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. The deadline to sell was January 19th. ByteDance, if you remember, tried to challenge that law, making the First Amendment argument, but they failed and announced that they would go dark on the deadline.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the law passed by Congress that said the Chinese-owned TikTok owner ByteDance would need to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. The deadline to sell was January 19th. ByteDance, if you remember, tried to challenge that law, making the First Amendment argument, but they failed and announced that they would go dark on the deadline.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the law passed by Congress that said the Chinese-owned TikTok owner ByteDance would need to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. The deadline to sell was January 19th. ByteDance, if you remember, tried to challenge that law, making the First Amendment argument, but they failed and announced that they would go dark on the deadline.

And Saturday night and Sunday morning, if you logged into the app, it gave a pop up message saying, quote, a law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. But hours after the app went dark, Trump promised to enact a provision in the ban that would allow it to come back for 90 days.

And Saturday night and Sunday morning, if you logged into the app, it gave a pop up message saying, quote, a law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. But hours after the app went dark, Trump promised to enact a provision in the ban that would allow it to come back for 90 days.

And Saturday night and Sunday morning, if you logged into the app, it gave a pop up message saying, quote, a law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. But hours after the app went dark, Trump promised to enact a provision in the ban that would allow it to come back for 90 days.

He said he was going to do that just after he's sworn in today at 12 p.m. Eastern. So that means watch out for the executive order as soon as this afternoon. It is just a temporary solution. He also did propose some long term options. On Sunday, he floated the idea on Truth Social for the U.S.

He said he was going to do that just after he's sworn in today at 12 p.m. Eastern. So that means watch out for the executive order as soon as this afternoon. It is just a temporary solution. He also did propose some long term options. On Sunday, he floated the idea on Truth Social for the U.S.

He said he was going to do that just after he's sworn in today at 12 p.m. Eastern. So that means watch out for the executive order as soon as this afternoon. It is just a temporary solution. He also did propose some long term options. On Sunday, he floated the idea on Truth Social for the U.S.

to have a 50 percent ownership in TikTok, a joint venture between the current owners or new owners that the U.S. chooses.

to have a 50 percent ownership in TikTok, a joint venture between the current owners or new owners that the U.S. chooses.

to have a 50 percent ownership in TikTok, a joint venture between the current owners or new owners that the U.S. chooses.

Other sources say he's not ruling out letting ByteDance continue to own TikTok with extra safety provisions in place, although that goes directly against the bipartisan bill that was passed by Congress that cites major national security issues with the Chinese-owned company that could spy on U.S. citizens, harvest their data, and spread disinformation.

Other sources say he's not ruling out letting ByteDance continue to own TikTok with extra safety provisions in place, although that goes directly against the bipartisan bill that was passed by Congress that cites major national security issues with the Chinese-owned company that could spy on U.S. citizens, harvest their data, and spread disinformation.

Other sources say he's not ruling out letting ByteDance continue to own TikTok with extra safety provisions in place, although that goes directly against the bipartisan bill that was passed by Congress that cites major national security issues with the Chinese-owned company that could spy on U.S. citizens, harvest their data, and spread disinformation.

You know, I thought it was a bold move of TikTok to kind of unilaterally and proactively go dark, because depending on how long it lasted, you never know what the impact would have been. It's possible that had they been dark for longer, that people may have actually been like, wow, I got a lot of things done. I went outside. I went for a walk. I wrote the great American novel. Yeah, exactly.

You know, I thought it was a bold move of TikTok to kind of unilaterally and proactively go dark, because depending on how long it lasted, you never know what the impact would have been. It's possible that had they been dark for longer, that people may have actually been like, wow, I got a lot of things done. I went outside. I went for a walk. I wrote the great American novel. Yeah, exactly.

You know, I thought it was a bold move of TikTok to kind of unilaterally and proactively go dark, because depending on how long it lasted, you never know what the impact would have been. It's possible that had they been dark for longer, that people may have actually been like, wow, I got a lot of things done. I went outside. I went for a walk. I wrote the great American novel. Yeah, exactly.

But it was, I think, too short for there to be a real impact.