The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also referred to as RedNote in English, has sprung to supremacy as the top free app on iPhone as the ban on TikTok took effect Sunday, drawing the ire of U.

Chinese social apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple's iPhone charts ahead of the U.S.'s impending TikTok ban.

TikTok’s app and website effectively shut down in the United States late Saturday just before a nationwide ban against the video-sharing platform came into force. The company showed its millions of American users a pop-up message that thanked President-elect Donald Trump for indicating he will work with the company on a solution when he takes office on Monday.

The BriefPresident-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that TikTok was back online. The app briefly went down Sunday, and was removed from the Apple app store and Google Play store.Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give the app's China-based parent companyByteDance more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent ban in the U.

President Donald Trump temporarily halted a ban on TikTok in the US, granting the company and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. more time to reach a deal for the popular app that would resolve long-standing US national security concerns.

App restoring service after Trump vows to issue executive order on Monday - During his first administration, Trump pushed for a TikTok ban over national security concerns with China in 2020