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
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
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TikTok shut down for several hours between Jan. 18 and Jan. 19, 2024. The app is back up and running, but users can't download it in the app store.
Just 14 hours later, service returned to TikTok. Unfortunately, many users decided to uninstall the app during the blackout. The ByteDance-owned app hasn’t been re-added to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, leaving many unable to access TikTok despite service being restored.