Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

Apple and Google complied with a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by removing the app from their stores, preventing U.S. users from downloading it. The Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, prompting TikTok to announce a potential shutdown unless the Biden administration intervened. Users were met with messages stating TikTok was unavailable due to the law, with ByteDance’s Lemon8 also displaying a notice of unavailability in the U.S.

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