WASHINGTON: TikTok will attempt to convince a federal court on Monday (Sep 16) that a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States
TikTok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Mar 12, 2024. on Monday that a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States is unconstitutional.
ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has stated it has no plans to sell TikTok, leaving the app's legal appeal - focused on US guarantees for free speech - as its only option for survival.A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit will hear arguments from TikTok, ByteDance, and a group of users.The judges will decide the case in the coming weeks or months, but regardless of their decision, the case is likely to reach the US Supreme Court.
TikTok asserts that"the Constitution is on our side," as it pushes for a ruling that would favour the app and its 170 million American users. The US argues that ByteDance could and would comply with Chinese government demands for data about US users, or yield to Chinese government pressure to censor or promote content on the platform.Bill that could ban TikTok in the US passed. Here's what to know
In a measure of the app's popularity, Biden's reelection campaign created a TikTok account earlier this year.
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