US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue an executive order to aid struggling social media app TikTok. The platform’s services in the US were suspended starting late Saturday, following a decision by Apple Inc. and Google to remove it from their app stores. With users unable to access the platform, Trump expressed his intention to intervene and save the app.
According to Trump, he plans to issue an executive order on Monday that will extend the deadline for tech companies to sell TikTok and allow it to “make a deal” to protect national security. The order also aims to shield any company involved in keeping TikTok online before the executive action from potential liability.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-19/us-tiktok-users-get-notification-that-app-to-be-down-due-to-ban