Lawmaker: TikTok must "sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party."

Lawmaker: TikTok must “sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.”

  • SSJ2Marx@hexbear.netEnglish
    141·
    9 months ago

    If the application is not divested, entities in the United States would be prohibited from distributing the application through an application marketplace or store and providing web hosting services.

    I wonder if TikTok could continue to exist at the same level of popularity as an app that you download from their website, instead of using the app store?

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Can you side load IOS apps? (Genuinely curious)

      If no, then that’s a big nail in the coffin. They could try and make it a web app, but that’s not gonna be a smooth transition.

      • flying_sheepEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I think Europe recently forced the matter, but I think you can’t in the US.