US Prosecutor General Pam Bondi sent letters to 10 American technological companies, including Google and Apple, with assurances that they will not be persecuted for ignoring Tiktok, approved by Congress and supported by the US Supreme Court. The letters were published on Thursday after filing a claim for freedom of information by the Google shareholder Anthony Tan, reports Huffington Post.
In the letters of Bond, she told companies that are of key importance for the work of Tiktok in the United States that Trump considers a sharp closure of the application by interfering his constitutional duties to ensure national security and foreign policy. The Prosecutor General said that companies can continue to provide Tiktok services without violating the law and not bringing any legal liability. The Ministry of Justice also promised to protect the companies from any attempts to punish them for violating the law on forced sale or prohibition of Tiktok. In addition to Google and Apple, eight more companies received letters: Amazon, Microsoft, Akamai Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Fastly, T-Mobile, Oracle and LG Electronics Usa.
Last year, former President Joe Biden signed a package of external assistance, which included the provision that cooa ByTedance-the Chinese maternal company Tiktok-to sell its share in the platform under the risk of being blocked in American applies due to fears about national security.
After the inauguration in January, Trump immediately signed an executive decree ordering the Ministry of Justice not to apply the law, giving Tiktok 75 days to search for an American buyer of the company. Since then, the president has extended this period three times. Trump, which last month gave Tiktok another 90-day delay to comply with the law, said Fox Business, which expects the buyer to soon declare, since there are concerns about the long-term future platform in the United States.