Advisers to Donald Trump have discussed having the incoming president sign an executive order to “save” TikTok shortly after he’s sworn in Monday in the Capitol Rotunda — in the presence of the video app’s chief executive as well as lawmakers who backed legislation to ban the app as a national security threat.

During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House,

TikTok switched off and on again, causing a premature mass mourning from TikTok users and creators, who came together to post about their experiences using the app.

The company said TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to its service providers.

The law gives the president the option to extend the ban by 90 days, but triggering the extension requires evidence that parties working on purchasing have made significant progress, including binding legal agreements for such a deal — and TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, hasn’t publicly updated its stance that the app is not for sale.

TikTok restored its US services on Sunday, easing the concerns of content creators who make their living off the platform — at least for now.

TikTok is bringing its service back online in the US, after shutting down for about half a day. The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for “providing the necessary clarity” to do so.

After the company briefly turned off its app for its 170 million US users on Saturday, some flocked to other corners of the internet to react.

"I feel disconnected. I feel cut off from the world and my community," one influencer remarked when the app was down.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so,

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.