House members are telling Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S.
Key Points
  • Members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent letters to the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet about their responsibilities pertaining to TikTok.
  • The lawmakers were referring to last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to uphold a law requiring 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 app stores no longer support the app in the U.S., the lawmakers said.