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Today, Congressman Bob Latta expressed approval of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a law aimed at restricting TikTok's operations in the United States. The ruling supports the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which prevents app store availability or web hosting services for TikTok unless it separates from its parent company ByteDance, linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

Latta commented on the decision: “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.”

He further stated: “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."

The congressman concluded by praising the court's unanimous decision: "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 played a key role in introducing this legislation in March 2024. The bill received swift bipartisan support from both chambers of Congress before becoming law.