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Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month


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.

House Committee members are urging the top executives of Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S. next month The lawmakers were referring to last week's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to uphold a law that requires China's ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan. 19. Trump tried to push through a ban in his first administration, but his rhetoric on TikTok began to turn after the president-elect met in February with billionaire Jeff Yass, a Republican megadonor and a major investor in the Chinese-owned social media app.

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