Just hours after going dark, TikTok is back online—though nothing, legally, has changed.
Just after midnight on Sunday, the popular but maligned Chinese-owned app ceased operation in the United States; users logging on received a message that the service "isn't available right now" but "we are fortunate that President [Donald] Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office."
As it turned out, they didn't even have to wait for Trump's inauguration on Monday.