After months of rumors, TikTok was officially banned on January 19 although the ban lasted less than 12 hours.

For months the app was filled with videos of creators talking about the potential ban of TikTok. Last year the same rumor was spread although it never took effect.

Some believed that the app would actually get banned this time while others believed it would not fully happen.

Junior Arabella Holmes did not expect the app to come back so fast. “When I got the notification that the app was trying to be brought back, I thought that would mean a few weeks.”

The motive behind the banning of the app was concerns over potential user data collections and influence operations of the Chinese government as well as content agnostic, meaning that the US has no control over the speech said in the app.

Ultimately the Supreme Court made the decision on whether or not the app should be banned, and they decided to go through with the decision to ban it.

TikTok posted a pop-up notification when users opened the app around late Saturday evening.

The notification stated, “We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19 and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We are working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible.”

A few hours later the app provided another notification informing users that the app was officially banned and that they were working with President Elect Donald Trump to restore it.

The notification gave the option to either learn more or close out of the app.

Some people were thrilled with the decision of TikTok being unbanned while others wanted it to get banned.

Senior Elizabeth Hughes said, “It is very time-consuming and easy to get sucked into for hours. I felt if it got banned, it would help me be more productive.”

As of now, the app is available in the app store, however, it was unavailable for 25 days. Those who deleted it are now able to redownload TikTok