Tiktok has returned to Apple and Google App Stores almost a month after a new security law forced its elimination, AFP The journalists confirmed Thursday.
The Chinese property social networks platform is facing the United States for national security concerns about the data that collects users.
The popular application to share videos briefly darkened on January 18 and disappeared from application stores to the dismay of millions of users.
The service was restored when the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, began his second term and ordered a 75 -day pause to enforce the law, signed by his predecessor Joe Biden and overwhelmingly approved by Congress.
However, Apple and Google had not put Tiktok available in their application stores so far.
Tiktok’s prohibition was approved due to concerns that the Chinese government could exploit the application to spy on Americans or undercover the public opinion of the United States through data collection and content manipulation.
He ordered the company to disintegrate its bytete of the Chinese owner or be prohibited.
Trump has suggested a joint business between the United States and the Byte, although he did not provide details about how this could be achieved.
“Essentially, with Tiktok, I have the right to sell it or close it,” Trump said shortly after ordering the pause.
“We may have to obtain an approval from China too … but I am sure that they will approve or that it is a hostile act” that could be reciprocal with tariffs, he said.
Companies that violate the law, which are officially in force, face sanctions of up to $ 5,000 per user if the application is accessed.
Trump had tried to prohibit Tiktok in the United States on similar national security concerns during his first period in office, but said he now has a “warm point” for the application.
Originally launched in 2016 as Douyin for the Chinese market, the international version was named Tiktok and launched in 2017.
The platform has faced an intense scrutiny of governments around the world about concerns about data privacy and possible ties with the Chinese government.
