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    Home - Society - Apple, Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok
    Society Updated:December 15, 2024

    Apple, Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok

    By Parker Jospeh3 Mins Read
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    Apple, Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok

    House Committee members are urging the top executives of Appleand Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S. next month

    Letters were sent on Friday to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai from Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, reminding them of their responsibilities as app store operators.

    The lawmakers were referring to last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to uphold a law that requires China’s ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan. 19. If ByteDance fails to sell TikTok by that date, Apple and Google will be required by law to ensure that their platforms no longer support the TikTok app in the U.S., the lawmakers wrote.

    “As you know, without a qualified divestiture, the Act makes it unlawful to ‘provide services to distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary controlled application (including any source code of such application) by means of a marketplace (including an online mobile application store) through which users within the land or maritime borders of the United States may access, maintain, or update such application,'” the lawmakers wrote in the letters.

    The D.C. appeals court later Friday rejected TikTok’s request to temporarily halt the law from taking effect in January.

    The lawmakers also sent a letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, reviewing the court decision. They said that since President Joe Biden passed the original TikTok law in April, “Congress has provided ample time for TikTok to take the necessary steps to come into compliance.”

    “Indeed, TikTok has had 233 days and counting to pursue a solution that protects U.S. national security,” the lawmakers wrote.

    Although TikTok called the law unconstitutional and said it violates the First Amendment rights of its 170 million users, a three-judge panel on the appeals court rejected that argument and said in an opinion that the law “is narrowly tailored to protect national security.”

    TikTok creators losing $1.3 billion in sales and earnings

    TikTok warned that one month of a U.S. ban would result in U.S. small businesses and TikTok creators losing $1.3 billion in sales and earnings.

    President-elect Donald Trump has not publicly stated whether he plans to enforce the effective TikTok ban when he officially takes office on Jan. 20.

    Trump tried to push through a ban in his first administration, but his rhetoric on TikTok began to turn after the president-elect Trump meeting with billionaire investor Jeff Yass in February with billionaire Jeff Yass, a Republican megadonor and a major investor in the alleged Chinese-owned social media app.

    Yass’ trading firm Susquehanna International Group owns a 15% stake in ByteDance, while Yass maintains a 7% stake in the company, equating to about $21 billion, NBC and CNBC reported in March. That month it was also Trump-truth-social reported that Yass was a part owner of the business that merged with the parent company of Trump‘s Truth Social.

    Google declined CNBC’s request for comment. Apple didn’t respond to requests for comment.

    A TikTok spokesperson reiterated the company’s plan to take the case to the Supreme Court, “which has an established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech.”

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