Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app platforms Thursday night. The clock on the reprieve granted by Donald Trump for the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform continues to tick.

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TikTok returned to the U.S. app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it.

TikTok, owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, is available in the Apple and Google Play stores as of Thursday evening. In January, the app was taken down from the Apple and Google Play stores due to a federal law mandating ByteDance to either sell its stakes or face a ban.

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On Thursday night, Apple and Google both returned TikTok to their respective app stores, following assurances from the United States Attorney General.

After a brief, nationwide ban, Android users in the United States are now able to download and install TikTok. Fans of the video-sharing platform are able to download the app directly from the company's website following the app's removal from the Google Play Store in January.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the enforcement of that ban until April 5, and TikTok returned to the Apple App and Google Play stores just a few days ago.

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Since being pulled from Apple and Google stores last month, TikTok had remained operational for those in the U.S. who had already downloaded the app, though updates were unavailable.