Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores

What just happened? Apple and Google have brought TikTok back to their respective US stores almost a month after it was removed. It comes after President Trump signed an order stopping the app's ban from being enforced and assured the companies they would not be fined for hosting or distributing it.

A letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi assured Apple and Google that the ban on TikTok would not be immediately enforced, allowing the pair to bring the app back to their stores without consequences.

TikTok briefly blocked access for US users last month, hours before it was due to be banned under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which requires its US operations to be sold to a US owner or one of its allies to avoid a ban. It returned after around 14 hours with a thanks for Trump for promising to reinstate ...