TikTok’s Sister App Returns to US After Trump Executive Order

CapCut started working again for users on Tuesday, but new downloads are still barred by Apple and Google

CapCut, the popular video-editing app owned by ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, started working again for American users on Tuesday.

The app’s comeback came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, blocking the ban on TikTok for 75 days.

As was the case with TikTok this past weekend, Americans who already had CapCut on their phones on Tuesday morning saw the app start working again. However, CapCut remained unavailable for new users to download from Apple and Google’s app stores.

That’s because those two tech giants are still complying with a federal law signed by then-President Joe Biden last year that banned TikTok from both app stores.

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