The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is back online in the U.S. after briefly going dark following a federal ban over national security concerns.
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00:00U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said he would, quote,
00:03save streaming app TikTok ahead of its looming ban in the country.
00:08We need to save TikTok because we're talking about a tremendous...
00:12Who in this audience goes with TikTok? Many? Yeah, very popular.
00:21TikTok thanked Donald Trump for its return after coming back online after briefly going
00:26dark on Sunday. Trump has said he plans to issue an executive order allowing the Chinese-owned app
00:33to continue operating as soon as he's inaugurated. The U.S. government moved to ban the app in 2024,
00:39citing national security concerns over its links to China. TikTok has about 170 million U.S. users.