TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have taken legal action against the U.S. government following Congress and President Biden’s enactment of a recent law. This law mandates TikTok to sell its operations within nine months or face expulsion from U.S. app stores. TikTok argues that this legislation infringes upon its constitutional rights, particularly the First […] The post TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban first appeared on The Source.
TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.
TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – TikTok, an online video entertainment platform, and its Chinese parent company Byte Dance have filed a legal challenge against the US government over a law forcing Byte Dance to sell off the ultra-popular app or face a nationwide ban in the […]
In the lawsuit, TikTok and ByteDance claim the law would force the company to sell the platform to a non-Chinese company in nine to 12 months or face a ban in the U.S. violates users' First Amendment rights.
Hello and happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week’s top stories at the intersection of politics and technology. TikTok takes off the gloves TikTok has filed a lawsuit seeking to stave off a potential ban in the U.S. if the social media platform isn’t sold from its China-based parent company. The suit against the U.S. government, which is largely staked in First Amendment claims regarding free speech, is certain to prolong what was already going to be a protracted legal fight...
Source: NurPhoto / Getty / TikTok Following President Biden keeping his promise and signing the bill that could ban TikTok in the United States, the social media platform is suing in hopes of keeping that from happening. Spotted on the AP, TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance sued the US Government, challenging the law and calling for the potential banning of the popular video-sharing app and most young adults’ source of “news” if it fails to find a US-approved buyer. ByteDance...
WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok today asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
Eight TikTok creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, alleging their rights to free speech are being violated by a new federal law that would ban the social video app if its Chinese owner doesn't sell it. U.S. politicians have raised security concerns about the app, saying that TikTok's ties to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, could allow a foreign country to collect American users' data and influence public opinion. A law signed by President Biden last month would require ByteDance...
“The ban is a pernicious attack on free speech,” a lawyer for the creators said, while a Justice Dept. spokesperson said the government looks forward to defending the law in court.
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit against the federal government Tuesday over what it called an “unconstitutional” potential ban in the U.S. of the social media platform.
TikTok is suing the United States government in an effort to stop enforcement of a bill passed last month that seeks to force the app’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, argues that the bill, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, violates constitutional protections of free speech. The suit calls the law an “unprecedented violation” of the First Amendment. “For the...