US authorities have called on Apple and Google executives to be ready to remove TikTok by January 2025 if ByteDance does not sell the platform before the deadline.
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| US calls on Apple, Google to be ready to delete TikTok |
Members of the US House of Representatives' China Select Committee sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai stating that TikTok will be banned in the US if ByteDance does not sell the app to a US buyer by January 19, 2025.
The authorities reminded Apple and Google of their responsibilities as app store operators. If ByteDance does not divest TikTok, the two tech giants will have to comply with the regulations and ensure that they no longer support this short- video sharing platform in the US.
It would be illegal for marketplaces to continue distributing, maintaining, and updating the TikTok app.
In addition, the lawmaker also sent a letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, reminding that Congress has given TikTok time to take necessary measures to comply and find solutions to protect US national security.
This comes on the back of a US law passed earlier this year that requires TikTok's parent company ByteDance to sell the platform or face a ban in the US.
Lawmakers are concerned about TikTok's potential national security threat as user data could be collected by the Chinese government .
In April, President Biden signed a bill giving ByteDance an ultimatum: sell TikTok or see it banned in the United States.
TikTok has challenged the law, arguing that it violates the Constitution and affects its 170 million US users. The app warned that a one-month ban would cost small businesses and content creators on the platform $1.3 billion.
President-elect Donald Trump has not commented publicly on whether he plans to implement the TikTok ban when he returns to the White House on January 20, 2025.
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