While TikTok only disappeared from the US for a few hours, the social media platform hasn’t reappeared in the App Store or Google Play. Some eBay sellers are taking advantage of the continued outage and are selling iPhones and Android phones with TikTok pre-installed for thousands more than a typical used smartphone.
TikTok was briefly unavailable to US users as the platform passed the deadline set by legislation requiring the platform to sell outside of China or face a ban in the States. An extension by President Donald Trump gave the app another 90 days to sell, and the app once again became available in the US… at least, to those who hadn’t already uninstalled the app during the brief shutdown.
