Trump gives relief to China, TikTok is back on Google and Apple's app stores

TikTok has returned to Apple and Google's app stores in the US, as President Donald Trump has temporarily postponed the decision to ban TikTok. The popular social media app, developed by Chinese company ByteDance, was removed from the app stores on January 18. The app was removed after a new US law was passed that obliged ByteDance to sell TikTok to a US business or face a ban.

TikTok has more than 17 crore US users. The company temporarily suspended its services a day ago in response to this ban. The service was restored later after President Trump issued a postponement of the ban. Meanwhile, many users, looking for an alternative to TikTok, created accounts on another Chinese social media app called RedNote and started calling themselves "TikTok refugees".

After almost a month, TikTok is again available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US. Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his term extending the TikTok ban deadline to April 5.