The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.

TikTok restored service to US users on January 19 after briefly going offline due to a federal ban requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to sell its US operations.

President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance appeared solemn as they placed wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday. "Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella travel across New Orleans to find the best seafood boil in the city.

Bluesky also gave a shout-out to AT Protocol developers — the decentralized protocol that Bluesky relies on — who are using it to build video-only TikTok alternatives like Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social, and Bluescreen.Blue, which are currently in early development.

With TikTok’s future in limbo, rivals X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky have introduced vertical video feeds similar to those popularized by the China-based platform. The announcements were made late on Jan.

Bluesky has introduced a TikTok-like vertical video feature on mobile called Trending Videos, now available in the explore tab.

President Joe Biden last year signed a law Congress had passed with bipartisan support to force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, citing concer

TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law to ban the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.

Analysts have suggested it is "just matter of time" until the US ban on TikTok spreads to allied countries and beyond – if the Trump administration decides to keep it offline. The app has been switched off in America after US lawmakers ruled it was a national security risk because of owner ByteDance's ties to the Chinese government - ties it denies.

The company told users the app isn’t available and told them to stay tuned. Trump said he will likely intervene.