i think tik tok themselves decided to go down in order to pressure trump to sort it quickly, a bit of a risky strategy given trump, he is only recently a tik tok apologee but does he want to be seen to cave into a chinese company pressure tactics
TikTok said it is "in the process of restoring its service" in the US, adding it will work with President-elect Donald Trump on a long-term solution that keeps the social media app in the United States.