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TikTok remains downloadable on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, despite US laws targeting the Chinese-owned app. The Department of Justice sent crucial letters to both tech giants ...

Among those that received this were Apple, Google, Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, and more, and these letters told them to ignore the TikTok ban and allow the platform to continue operating in the US.

Ninety-day reprieve follows two earlier orders that directed the Justice Department not to enforce a U.S. ban on the app By Victor Reklaitis Last Updated: June 20, 2025 at 7:43 a.m. ET ...

In a letter dated January 30, 2025, Bondi tells Apple and Google that "the President has determined that an abrupt shutdown of the TikTok platform would interfere with the execution of the ...

Early this year, TikTok disappeared from the US app stores of Apple and Google after the ban went into effect. But despite the law still being on the books, TikTok returned to the stores after ...