Two US lawmakers have sent a bipartisan letter to the CEOs of Google-parent Alphabet and Apple, urging them to be prepared to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores by January 19. The letter was issued by Republican Representative John Moolenaar, chair of the US House of Representatives' committee on China, and the committee's top Democrat Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Last week, a U.S. federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban. TikTok, which is used by 170 million Americans, has been at the center of national security concerns.
