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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was signed into law to prevent app store availability or web hosting services in the U.S. for TikTok unless the app divests from Chinese Communist Party-controlled parent company ByteDance:

“When crafting this bipartisan, bicameral bill, we made it clear TikTok could remain active in the U.S. if they divested from their Chinese Communist Party controlled parent company, ByteDance. Instead of working for the past several months to divest and keep the app operational, TikTok chose to pursue legal action to overturn our law. No matter how TikTok spins this, it’s clear they cannot or simply refuse to sever ties with the Chinese Communist Party. It should disturb every single American that they chose this path instead of working to divest and keep the app operational in the United States. Here’s the bottom line: TikTok has no one to blame but themselves for this outcome. I applaud the Supreme Court for unanimously upholding our law to ensure foreign adversaries – like communist China – will not control applications that target, surveil, and manipulate Americans.”

Latta helped introduce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversaries Controlled Applications Act in March of 2024, where it received swift, bipartisan approval by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.