US lawmakers have formally instructed Google and Apple to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores by January 19, 2025, after a unanimous court ruling upheld a law banning the social media platform from operating in the United States.
December 6, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) dismissed Tik Toksupporting government laws, signed by the president Joe Bidendemanding the divestment of social media platforms.
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance subsequently filed an emergency motion on December 9, requesting a temporary injunction to delay the implementation of the law.
In response, U.S. Department of Justice Thursday (December 11) urged the court to reject Byte bounce and TikTok’s motion to delay the law, saying they “offer no valid reason to remove the Supreme Court’s prerogative to determine how court proceedings should be conducted.”
Last Friday (December 13), U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Strategic Competition between China and the United States Send letter to Google CEO sundar Pichai and apple CEO Tim chefstressing that companies must take necessary steps to comply with the law.
“As you know, without a qualified divestiture, the bill provides that[p]short[e] Services that distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary-controlled applications through marketplaces.
U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee
“As you know, without a qualified divestiture, the bill provides that[p]short[e] Services that distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary-controlled applications (including any source code for such applications) through marketplaces (including online mobile application stores) that users within the land or maritime borders of the United States can transparently access, maintain or update such applications through the Marketplace,” the House Committee said.
In a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Google and the CEO of TikTok by sky chewThe House committee said the D.C. Circuit’s ruling noted that the First Amendment protects free speech and that the government’s actions in this case were intended to protect free speech from potential foreign adversaries.
On April 24, 2024, TikTok was awarded 233 It will take days to come up with a solution to address national security concerns, and failure to comply will threaten removal from U.S. app stores.
“Congress has taken decisive action to safeguard U.S. national security and protect TikTok’s American users from the Chinese Communist Party. We urge TikTok to immediately implement qualified divestitures,” the lawmakers said in a letter to Shou Zi Chew.
In separate letters to the CEOs of Apple and Google, the House committee said they “must take the necessary steps to ensure full compliance with this requirement by January 19, 2025.”
TikTok said it would appeal to the Supreme Court, saying “the Supreme Court, as the only court with appellate jurisdiction over this action, should have the opportunity to decide whether to review this exceptionally important case.”
Unless the Supreme Court steps in or ByteDance sells TikTok before January 19, app stores will have to remove TikTok and block updates. While current users may initially have access to it, the application may eventually become unusable.
However, the president-elect Donald TrumpTrump, who initially proposed banning TikTok during the previous administration, could offer TikTok a lifeline. News outlets reported in November, citing sources, that Trump was expected to take steps to preserve the video streaming platform’s presence in the United States after returning to office.
at the same time, information According to reports, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is still interested in acquiring TikTok. The news agency cited sources familiar with his plans as saying Kotick was waiting for Trump to take office before taking action. Kotick first expressed plans to acquire TikTok earlier this year.
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