'We need to save TikTok' says Trump who called for the app to be banned in 2020

Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!,

read a message on the popular video app welcoming back American users

TikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region you're in." ... Downloads for this app are paused due to current U.S. legal requirements."

Those looking to download the app on the App Store receive a message saying ... Those using Android systems were greeted with a message on Google Play saying

Any company that hosts, distributes, services, or otherwise facilitates communist-controlled TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars of ruinous liability under the law, not just from DOJ, but also under securities law, shareholder lawsuits, and state AGs. Think about it."

Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a Republican, wrote on X

Y'all did not have to come for her like that, ... Guess TikTok's ban was more permanent than Selena's."

Reacting to the post, one user wrote ... while another added

TikTok was banned for only 14 and a half hours, lasting longer than Selena Gomez’s Instagram breaks."

Drop Pop, a pop culture page on X, reacted to TikTok being restored in the US in just 14 hours, writing

That's pretty funny! TikTok being banned for just 14 and a half hours is a reminder of how quickly social media platforms can be restricted and then quickly restored. It’s also a playful comparison to Selena Gomez's Instagram breaks, which seem to be a recurring trend. Both incidents show how much attention social media and celebrity actions grab, whether it's a ban or a break!"

added a third

I do think it’s going to work on people. It’s theatrics, it’s political theatre, and I think what we learned in this last election is that more and more people are buying tickets for the show.”

Burke agrees

I believe that it’s going to turn into very conservative, very right-wing type of messages, and it’s going to be very controlled and censored,

says Awa

I completely owe my success today to TikTok, ... it's kind of everything to me."

says Dyonne

So many of us have the opportunities, the resources, the income streams, the platforms that we do because of folks that decided to support us on this app, and because of how unique that algorithm was,

says Rose

You could argue that my platform, which talks about healthcare and how it affects people of colour, is 'DEI',

says Bervell

It kind of felt like I was a violin player on the deck of the Titanic,

the 29-year-old actress and TikTok creator, who uses she/they pronouns, tells The Independent

I have a lot of creative friends who do it full time, where TikTok is literally 100 per cent of their income,

says Bervell, who relied on the app to help pay for his student loans, textbooks, and living expenses while studying for his medical degree

I one thousand per cent think it's going to play that way,

says Dyonne

No, of course I don't feel confident in that,

says Rose

I feel like I’m going through heartbreak...I cried myself to sleep last night."

One prominent influencer posted a teary farewell message, saying

I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!"

he said, promising "no liability" for TikTok's service providers and advocating for the U.S. government itself to take a 50 per cent stake in the app

Okay, we're still here. But for how long

says Joel Bervell, a 29-year-old recently graduated medical doctor in Portland, Oregon, who uses TikTok to debunk medical myths and educate users about racial disparities in healthcare

I've gotten clients through LinkedIn and Instagram as well... but nothing grows like Tik Tok grows,

she says

TikTok is the hub of beauty nowadays. It used to be YouTube, then it was Instagram, and now it is TikTok,

Halliday said