U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores

Brendan Carr, one of the FCC's commissioners, shared Tuesday via $Twitter (Delisted)(TWTR.US)$ a letter to $Apple(AAPL.US)$ CEO Tim Cook and $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$ $Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$ CEO Sundar Pichai that pointed to reports and other developments that made TikTok non-compliant with the two companies' app store policies.

Carr's letter, dated June 24 on FCC letterhead, said if the Apple and Alphabet do not remove TikTok from their app stores, they should provide statements to him by July 8.