US Lawmakers Demand Apple and Google Remove TikTok by January 19, 2025

US lawmakers have instructed Apple and Google to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores by January 19, 2025.

This follows a federal appeals court decision upholding a law that requires ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban.

Lawmakers emphasised the need to protect national security and urged TikTok to comply with the divestiture requirement.

ByteDance and TikTok are seeking to block the law through the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the ban would make the app unusable in the U.S. if support services are ended