TikTok challenges potential US ban in court


The suit, filed at a federal court in Washington, argued that the move violates the First Amendment, charging that ‘Congress has made a law curtailing massive amounts of protected speech’. — AFP

WASHINGTON: TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a legal challenge against the United States on May 7, taking aim at a law that would force the app to be sold or face a US ban.

This comes around two weeks after US President Joe Biden signed a bill giving TikTok 270 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the country.

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