US lawmakers sent a letter to Google and Apple warning both companies to prepare to remove TikTok from the app stores.
The CEOs of Google and Apple have been sent a letter by US lawmakers telling them to prepare to remove TikTok from their digital marketplaces.The letter to Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai was signed by US Reps.
People are feeling nostalgic about their childhood homes after taking part in a new TikTok trend which sees them post a street view of their old place from Google Earth or Maps. Known as the "Google Earth trend" on the platform,
The chair and top Democrat on a U.S. House of Representatives committee on China told the CEOs of Google-parent Alphabet and Apple on Friday they must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on Jan.
The Google Earth Trend or Somewhere On Google Earth is a TikTok trend in which users find their old homes, typically from their childhoods, on Google Earth
The top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) told Apple and Google on Friday to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores, as a potential ban looms
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.
The app is regularly accused of putting users in danger with the spread of hazardous "challenge" videos, as well as disinformation
This Google Earth trend makes me the most emotional ... The trend comes shortly after TikTok released its 'Year on TikTok' report, showing which trends have been fueling user engagement in ...
According to experts, TikTok has several pathways for avoiding a ban, most notably intervention from the Supreme Court or the incoming Trump administration declining to enforce it. Other options, like a last-minute sale or Congress deciding to repeal the law, appear less likely.
Australia has unveiled plans to implement a targeted tax on major digital platforms that don't share revenue with news organizations.