On March 22, 2023, a supporter held up a sign that read “TikTok” during a TikTok press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.
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House committee members urge top managers apple and Google Preparing to comply with a law that could see TikTok face an effective ban in the U.S. next month
letter Sent to apple CEO Tim Cook and letter CEO Sundar Pichai Reps. John Molenaar (R-Mich.) and Raja Krishnamurthy (D-Ill.), both from the Select Committee on CCP, reminded them of their responsibilities as app store operators.
legislators refer to last week’s decision A U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., asked that a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 be upheld. The author wrote that the TikTok application is no longer supported in the United States.
“As you are aware, absent a qualified divestiture, the Act provides for “providing” services to distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary-controlled applications (including any source code for such applications) by illegal.
They also wrote to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to review the court’s decision. They say since President Joe Biden Passed After the original TikTok law was issued in April, “Congress provided TikTok with ample time to take the necessary steps to comply.”
“In fact, TikTok has had 233 days to seek a solution that protects U.S. national security,” the lawmakers wrote.
Although TikTok called the law unconstitutional and said it violated the First Amendment rights of its 170 million users, a three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected that argument, saying in its opinion that the law “is intended only to protect national security.” and formulated.”
From now on, TikTok submit An emergency motion seeks an injunction that would prevent the ban from taking effect until the U.S. Supreme Court hears its appeal. company warn A one-month ban in the United States will cost American small businesses and social media creators $1.3 billion in lost sales and revenue.
President-elect Donald Trump has not publicly stated whether it plans to implement He effectively banned TikTok when he officially took office on January 20.
Trump tried to push for a ban during his first administration, but his rhetoric on TikTok began to shift after the president-elect was elected Met in February Teaming up with billionaire Jeff Yass, a Republican megadonor and major investor in Chinese social media apps.
According to NBC and CNBC reports, Yas’s trading company Susquehanna International Group owns 15% of ByteDance, while Yas owns 7% of the company, equivalent to approximately US$21 billion. report March. That month too report Yas is part owner of a business that merged with Trump’s parent company truth society.
Apple, Google and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
