We’ve so far seen Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin, and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Other CEOs expected to attend include the leaders of OpenAI, TikTok, and Uber. It’s a striking reminder of what they stand to gain (or lose) in what Liz Lopatto writes could be a new era of gangster tech regulation.
The Arkansas Republican and Intelligence Committee chair is putting companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle on notice that they could face not only Justice Department lawsuits, but action from shareholders and state enforcers for servicing TikTok. The warning flies in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s apparent desire to have TikTok operating on Inauguration Day.
We don’t know exactly what they discussed, but the US President-elect says it was a “very good” call. Until we hear otherwise from the Supreme Court or President Joe Biden, the TikTok ban is set to take effect on January 19th — one day before Trump’s inauguration. “It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately,” says Trump.
[Truth Social]
