Apple on late Saturday removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., and it has now explained why it was required to take this action.
Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the platform would be banned. That law went into effect today, and companies like Apple and Google risked enormous fines if they did not remove access to TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps.
In a support document published today, Apple said it is ”obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates.”
Källa: Apple Explains Why It Removed TikTok From the App Store in the U.S.