TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app2024-05-07 17:56 by DanielaTags: TikTok, ByteDance
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company, arguing that it vaguely paints it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment. Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was part of a massive, $95 billion foreign aid package passed by Congress, on April 24. The president and some congressional leaders have argued that the ultimatum against TikTok was necessary because of security concerns about ByteDance and its connections to the Chinese government. ByteDance refuted those allegations in its lawsuit, arguing there has been no tangible evidence that the app poses any security risk. The court challenge sets up a historic legal battle, one that will determine whether US security concerns about TikTok's links to China can trump the First Amendment rights of TikTok's 170 million US users. The stakes of the case are existential for TikTok. If it loses, TikTok could be banned from US app stores unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the app to a non-Chinese entity by mid-January 2025. Read more -here-
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