TikTok loaded phones selling for thousands of dollars on eBay, as app stays unavailable in US

Smartphones pre-loaded with TikTok are being sold for thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online stores as the Chinese app continues to remain absent on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US, the Associated Press reported. The ByteDance-owned app had become unavailable to users in the US and was also removed from App stores last weekend as it neared a ban in country due to a federal law.

TikTok was given a lifeline when Donald Trump took over as US President and signed an executive order delaying the ban on TikTok by another 75 days.