TikTok is back online in the U.S., following Trump’s promise to pause the ban

The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17 in Houston. Ashley Landis/AP

Ashley Landis/AP

After a black-out that lasted about 14 hours, TikTok has returned to the U.S.

The hugely popular video app was taken offline Saturday night in compliance with a law that effectively banned the service nationwide unless it splits off from ByteDance, its China-based owner. Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the law.

On Saturday, Google and Apple removed the app from their stores, a requirement of the ban, which also forbids web-hosting companies from providing back-end support to the app.

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