TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’
- TikTok announced that ad campaigns targeting U.S. Audiences will resume after a brief shutdown, according to a memo reviewed by Adweek.
- The platform's service interruption followed President-elect Donald Trump's announcement of an executive order to delay a federal ban on the app.
- TikTok thanked Trump for providing clarity to service providers, allowing the app to remain available to over 170 million Americans and supporting 7 million small businesses.
- The app is still unavailable for download on Apple and Google stores due to a federal law requiring its parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. Operations.
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