The popular short video app used by nearly half of all Americans went dark briefly last month before a law took effect on January 19 that requires its Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell it on national security grounds or face a ban.

The following day, Trump signed an executive order seeking to delay the enforcement of the ban by 75 days, allowing TikTok to continue its operations in the US temporarily.

Although TikTok resumed service after Trump's assurances, Google and Apple kept the app removed from their US app stores.

TikTok, the second-most downloaded app in the US last year, said on Thursday that its latest app was now available for download.

--Reuters--