On the eve of his return to office, Donald Trump's move to save the social media platform marks a striking shift in its prospects to stay in the United States.

On the eve of his inauguration, President Donald Trump said an executive order suspending a nationwide ban on TikTok would be among his first official acts.

TikTok came back online after Donald Trump promised to delay a law banning it, but its service providers have taken different stances on the ban.

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans.

“As a result of President Trump’s efforts,” it read, in part, “TikTok is back in the U.S.”

Video sharing app TikTok returned Sunday after a 12 hour outage due to a U.S. government ban. What happens when Trump takes office? What we know.

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TikTok is now accessible again in the United States. Just how long that lasts will likely depend on incoming President Donald Trump.

With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days.

TikTok may be back, but that hasn't prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead up to a ban on TikTok — which kicked off Sunday