A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States.…
A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. rejected TikTok's argument that the ban is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans who use the app. Republican and Democratic members of Congress have cited concerns about national security issues related to TikTok's alleged connections to the Chinese government as a reason to ban the app.on Friday upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States.
Lawmakers from both parties have cited concerns about national security issues related to TikTok's alleged connections to the Chinese government as a reason to ban the app.TikTok"a surveillance tool used by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on Americans and harvest highly personal data."has not yet said whether his administration will enforce the ban when he takes office next month.
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