UPDATE: TikTok Said It's Restoring Service After Trump Reassurance

The app thanked President Elect Trump in a statement

UPDATE (Jan 19, 1:20pm ET): After President Elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order to delay the TikTok ban, TikTok posted a statement on X saying it is working to restore service, adding: “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”

ADWEEK’s original story can be read below.

The vertical videos that once flowed natively from a sleek smartphone app have been replaced by a link to a website, and the trending tunes that soundtracked them have been silenced.

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David Cohen

David Cohen is the freelance editor at ADWEEK.