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.

Summary

House Committee members urged Apple and Google CEOs to prepare for compliance with a law potentially banning TikTok in the U.S. next month.

This follows a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling upholding a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan. 19 to address national security concerns. Without divestiture, app stores must block TikTok.

TikTok has filed an emergency injunction, citing harm to businesses and creators, while arguing the law is unconstitutional.

Trump’s stance on enforcing the ban remains unclear, amid reports of his ties to TikTok investor Jeff Yass.

  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    364·
    15 hours ago

    This will help spread awareness that there are other sources for apps when people start asking where they can download tictok.

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      It also has a web client.

      I would assume they also plan on shutting down US servers. If they move all the content and host it outside the US, I’m not sure what the government’s next step would be. Wonder if we’re going to build the next great firewall of China in the US.

      • dan@upvote.au
        20·
        14 hours ago

        All apps on F-Droid have to be open source, so TikTok couldn’t be listed there.

        • WamGams
          11·
          7 hours ago

          Bytedance will likely start opening up enough to allow people to develop readers.

          I dont think they intend to shrink their sphere of influence.