One day before his inauguration, president-elect Donald Trump pledged to issue a day one executive order intended to save TikTok, despite being a main proponent of a ban during his first term. Posting to Truth Social on Jan.

TikTok returned on Sunday for American users after going dark on Saturday night. President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to "save" the platform.

Nearly 200 House Republicans and over 30 Senate Republicans voted to ban TikTok last year if it did not sell its U.S. operations.

TikTok has restored service in the U.S. less than 24 hours after its nationwide shutdown. On Sunday, Jan. 19, TikTok announced on X, via an official statement shared to its policy account, that it is "in the process of restoring service" to Americans after going dark the night prior .

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

A U.S. ban of TikTok began to take effect on Sunday, capping a high-stakes battle that pitted the federal government against one of the nation's most popular social media platforms.

The president-elect Sunday pledged an executive order, hours into his second term, returning access for American users, at least temporarily.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order that would give the China-based parent company of the popular video-sharing platform TikTok more time to find an approved buyer

Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back online in the US, and proposed creating a joint venture where the US owns 50 percent of the app.