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Oracle, Apple, Google Diverge on Whether to Keep Serving TikTok

Tech giants differ on how to interpret Trump’s EO saving TikTok

The TikTok page in the Google Play store before the Alphabet Inc. company pulled down the app for new users to comply with a US ban that went into effect Jan. 19. — The TikTok page in the Google Play store before the Alphabet Inc. company pulled down the app for new users to comply with a US ban that went into effect Jan. 19.
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By Alexandra S. Levine and Brody Ford

January 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM UTC

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Apple Inc. and Oracle Corp. have reacted differently to President Donald Trump's pledge that the US government won't enforce a national security law that raised potential penalties for US partners of the popular video app TikTok.

Oracle, which provides cloud services for TikTok, took Trump’s go-ahead to heart. It’s kept TikTok operational since the app briefly went offline over the weekend. Apple and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, however, which removed the app from their respective app stores to comply with the Jan. 19 ban, have held off on relisting TikTok. The app has been unavailable for the past five days.