US lawmakers ask Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok app

This request was made by legislators and is expected to be implemented from January 19, 2025.

Previously, the US federal appeals court decided to uphold the ruling requiring ByteDance, TikTok's parent company based in China, to divest from TikTok US or comply with the ban on the TikTok application in the US.

TikTok is facing a ban in the US from January 19, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

Republican Rep. John Moolenaar, who is also the committee chairman, and the committee's top Democrats are lobbying TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to sell the app.

" Congress must take decisive action to protect US national security and protect TikTok users in the United States. We call on TikTok to immediately and conditionally divest ," the lawmakers stressed.

Apple, Alphabet and TikTok have not commented on the matter.

Previously, on December 9, ByteDance and TikTok filed an emergency petition with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, requesting more time to respond to the requests to the US Supreme Court as the ban date approached. However, on December 14, the Court of Appeals rejected the request.

Then, on December 11, the US Justice Department said that when the ban takes effect, it will “not directly prohibit the continued use of TikTok” for Apple or Google device users who have downloaded TikTok. However, over time, the government will take appropriate actions and “ultimately render the app inoperable.”

Meanwhile, TikTok said that once the ban is implemented, the app will be "no longer available to half the country" but warned that terminating the service would "cripple and render the platform completely unusable".

Republican Senator Josh Hawley hopes ByteDance will sell TikTok. "The law is the law. It's under Chinese supervision, and that's the problem," he said.

Kong Anh (Source: Reuters)

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