It's coming back: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347280/tiktok-ban-shutd...
Anecdote says the app is currently having network trouble, so I expect there's some devops minions having a sweaty moment, but the ban is (to be) postponed (and in the meanwhile not enforced).
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> against arbitrary censorship
Such hypocrisy given that the non-China version of TikTok is banned in China.