A TikTok ban briefly came into effect this past weekend in the U.S., but service came back the next day. What exactly happened?

TikTok went offline in the United States Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect.

President-elect Donald Trump proposed the U.S. own half of TikTok to satisfy national security concerns and save the social media app.

Coco Gauff said she hopes TikTok "comes back" in the U.S. after the federal ban of the popular app took effect Saturday.

The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the law — and some, including Apple and Google, are not.

After several attempts, finally came the moment when ByteDance's platform, TikTok disappears from the United States after a legal battle.

The app went dark nationwide on Saturday night, but the company indicated it was in the process of restoring the service after assurances from President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Phones that still have TikTok installed on them are fetching high prices on eBay, days after the social media platform's short-lived ban in the United States. The TikTok app is currently unavailable in the Apple App Store — making it available only to those who previously installed the app before its recent ban.

President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday, "Numerous people are talking to me, very substantial people, about buying" TikTok.

TikTok went offline at 10:30 p.m. ET in the United States on Saturday as a federal ban was enacted. Apple subsequently removed the app from the App Store, saying it is “obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates.”

TikTok was not the only app that became unavailable for many U.S. users. The ban also impacts other Bytedance apps, like CapCut, Lempon8 and Gauth. Apple, in a statement on its website, said it’s “obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates,”