A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app popular with American children and teens or face a ban in the United States.
By law, ByteDance has until January to decide whether to sell or ban the TikTok app, so this ruling brings the possibility of a TikTok ban one step closer to becoming a reality in the US. Ta.
The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, ruled that the sell-or-ban bill is a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Amendment Act because China is a foreign enemy seeking to limit the U.S. government's “ability to collect data about the people of the United States.” The court ruled that Article 1 was not violated.
“The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States, where the government protects that freedom from foreign adversaries and prevents those adversaries from collecting data about people in the United States. He acted solely to limit his ability,” the court wrote. report According to Reuters.
“For these reasons, the petition is dismissed,” the court added.
The court further stated, “TikTok's millions of users will therefore need to find alternative communication media.” That burden stems from China's hybrid commercial threat to U.S. national security, and not from the U.S. government, which engaged with TikTok through a multi-year process to find an alternative solution. ”
ByteDance now faces a U.S. ban if it doesn't sell its popular app by January 19, unless Joe Biden chooses to give the Chinese company a 90-day extension.
“Unless TikTok conducts a qualified sale by January 19, 2025, or unless the President grants a 90-day extension based on progress toward a qualified sale, the platform will be effectively closed, at least for some time. “is no longer available in the United States,” the court said. Said.
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