The chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on China has called on Google and Apple to prepare to remove TikTok from US app stores on January 19, 2025. About this informs Reuters.
TikTok has already appealed to the US Court of Appeals to stop the law so the Supreme Court can review it. It is worth noting that the next day after the planned blocking, the inauguration of the newly elected US President Donald Trump, who opposed the ban of the application, will take place.
However, a federal appeals court upheld the law, requiring ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to either sell the platform in the US or face being blocked.
“Congress is acting decisively to protect the national security of the United States and to protect American TikTok users from the Chinese Communist Party,” – emphasize the legislators.
The US Department of Justice noted that if the ban goes into effect on January 19. However, it will not prohibit the continued use of TikTok on the devices of users who have already downloaded the application. However, blocking access to support and updates will eventually make TikTok unusable.
