The principle concern is that TikTok and ByteDance may pose a nationwide safety danger to the US. There are worries that person information could possibly be accessed by the Chinese language authorities. To handle this, lawmakers despatched letters to Apple and Google, reminding them that they’re legally required to take away TikTok from their app shops if the scenario is not resolved. Additionally they despatched a letter to TikTok’s CEO, urging the corporate to adjust to the legislation and discover a answer that works for everybody.
At this time, we despatched a letter to TikTok highlighting that Congress has offered ample time—233 days and counting—for the corporate to take the required steps to adjust to the legislation and pursue a divestment that protects U.S. nationwide safety…As you already know, with out a certified divestiture, the Act makes it illegal to ‘[p]rovid[e] companies to distribute, keep, or replace such overseas adversary managed utility (together with any supply code of such utility) by way of a market (together with a web-based cell utility retailer) by means of which customers inside the land or maritime borders of the US could entry, keep, or replace such utility.’ Underneath U.S. legislation, [Apple and Google] should take the required steps to make sure it may possibly totally adjust to this requirement by January 19, 2025.
CCP Choose Committee press launch