Sabrina Tavernisi

It quickly consumed more than 5,000 acres in a little over two hours and forced tens of thousands of people to flee. Today's episode was produced by Rob Zipko, Shannon Lin, Alex Stern, and Sydney Harper. It was edited by M.J. Davis-Lynn and Liz O'Balin, with help from Lisa Chow. Contains original music by Dan Powell and Pat McCusker. And was engineered by Chris Wood.

It quickly consumed more than 5,000 acres in a little over two hours and forced tens of thousands of people to flee. Today's episode was produced by Rob Zipko, Shannon Lin, Alex Stern, and Sydney Harper. It was edited by M.J. Davis-Lynn and Liz O'Balin, with help from Lisa Chow. Contains original music by Dan Powell and Pat McCusker. And was engineered by Chris Wood.

Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Lansford of Wonderly. Special thanks to Yafim Shapiro and Nick Pittman. That's it for The Daily. I'm Sabrina Tavernisi. See you tomorrow.

Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Lansford of Wonderly. Special thanks to Yafim Shapiro and Nick Pittman. That's it for The Daily. I'm Sabrina Tavernisi. See you tomorrow.

From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily.

From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily.

Over the past few weeks, users of the popular video app TikTok braced themselves.

Over the past few weeks, users of the popular video app TikTok braced themselves.

And I'm really going to miss it. And I'm really going to miss you.

And I'm really going to miss it. And I'm really going to miss you.

This weekend, it did. And the app went dark.

This weekend, it did. And the app went dark.

But less than 24 hours later, it came back, crediting Donald Trump with flicking the switch.

But less than 24 hours later, it came back, crediting Donald Trump with flicking the switch.

Today, my colleague Sapna Maheshwari on the biggest social media ban in American history and whether Trump can actually stop it.

Today, my colleague Sapna Maheshwari on the biggest social media ban in American history and whether Trump can actually stop it.

Sapna, welcome back to The Daily. Thanks for having me. So we're talking on Sunday afternoon, and this morning, millions of Americans woke up to find that TikTok, the video platform with 170 million users, was no longer working. The U.S. government ban that's been talked about for months was finally here. But then, as we were preparing to tape this episode with you, the app went back online.

Sapna, welcome back to The Daily. Thanks for having me. So we're talking on Sunday afternoon, and this morning, millions of Americans woke up to find that TikTok, the video platform with 170 million users, was no longer working. The U.S. government ban that's been talked about for months was finally here. But then, as we were preparing to tape this episode with you, the app went back online.

You are a TikTok expert. Help us understand what's going on here.

You are a TikTok expert. Help us understand what's going on here.