Both Apple and TikTok have declined an invitation to testify at a congressional hearing at the United States Congress regarding their ties with China.
Apple And Tiktok
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology corporation based in the United States. Its headquarters is in Cupertino, California. The company designs, develops and sells online services, computer software and consumer electronics. The technology industry considers Apple to be one of the Big Four technology corporations along with Facebook, Google and Amazon. The corporation's hardware products include the HomePod smart speaker, the AirPods wireless airbuds, the Apple TV digital media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the iPod portable media player, the Mac computer, the iPad and iPhone smartphone. The corporation's software products include Xcode, Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, the Shazam acoustic fingerprint utility, the Safari web browser, the iTunes media player, the tvOS operating system, the watchOS operating system, iPadOS operating system, the iOS operating system and the macOS operating system. The corporation's online services include iCloud, iMessage, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Mac App Store, the iOS App Store and the iTunes Store. The corporation's other services include Apple Card, Apple Pay Cash, Apple Pay, AppleCare, Genius Bar and Apple Store.
TikTok is a social media video app developed by the Chinese company ByteDance. It runs on both iOS and Android. The video app allows users to create and share short music, lip-sync, comedy and talent videos that are three to fifteen seconds long. TikTok was launched in September 2017. The company ByteDance also launched the social media video app Douyin in September 2016. TikTok and Douyin are basically the same social media video apps but they are run on different servers in order for the company to comply with the censorship restrictions of the Chinese government.
Apple And Tiktok Declines Invitation To Testify At A Us Congressional Hearing
Republican senator Josh Hawley organized a congressional hearing with the intention of investigating the relationship technology companies based in the United States has with China. The congressional hearing wants to determine if these relationships have any national security issues. Senator Josh Hawley tweeted that he has invited both Apple and TikTok to testify in the congressional hearing. TikTok stated that it was unable to send an appropriate representative on such short notice. TikTok further stated that it was committed to work productively with the United States Congress. Apple, on the other hand, stated that they had no comment on the invitation.
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