The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google's stores.

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

In a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel, the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned an Allen Superior Court judge's decision to dismiss the lawsuit against the popular social media app. Writing for the panel, Judge Paul Mathias said the state does have jurisdiction over the company.

An Indiana county judge has dismissed a state lawsuit filed against TikTok that had accused the app of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform.

Rokita claims those who join him in the fight against the social media company are "patriots."

An Allen County Superior Court judge denied the states motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against social media company TikTok. In his ruling, Judge Craig Bobay said the state is not likely to prevail in its lawsuit against the platform.

Purdue blocks TikTok on university networks

Purdue deleted its official TikTok account in December and has since notified all colleges and departments within the university that they must follow suit.

Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices.

The two lawsuits filed by Attorney General Todd Rokitas office focus on Chinas access to user data and inappropriate videos for children.