The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to throw TikTok a lifeline, promising to extend the deadline on a sell-or-be-banned law that temporarily shut down the popular social media app over the weekend.

The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.

The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.

President Trump reversed course on his efforts to ban TikTok in recent months, now being hailed as the app's savior this week.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talked about TikTok crediting President-elect Donald Trump with helping it after President Biden’s ban went into effect.

Nearly 200 House Republicans and over 30 Senate Republicans voted to ban TikTok last year if it did not sell its U.S. operations.

The president-elect rallied with supporters in Washington, previewing executive orders he plans to sign on Day 1 and dancing with the Village People.

Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.

President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at the White House in advance of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday.