TikTok sues the US government for allegedly limiting freedom of speech
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the US government. They want to protest the ban law The leading platform for creating and viewing short videos, which President Joe Biden signed, reports Dailymail.
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The company claims that the new law violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.
170 million Americans use the social media app TikTok.
Law was accepted Congress by an overwhelming majority and signed by Biden on April 24. He gives China's ByteDance less than eight months to sell the American part of TikTok or the app will be banned in the country. This measure was prompted concernsthat China could use the app to access American users' data.
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ByteDance filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an attempt to block the law. The company claims that the sale of assets is “simply not possible from a commercial, technological or legal point of view.”
Company lawsuit
“There is no doubt that this legislation will shut down TikTok by January 19, 2025 and silence the 170 million Americans who use the platform to communicate,” the lawsuit states.
According to the new law, if the company does not comply with the conditions, Apple and Google will not be able to offer the TikTok app to users. Additionally, Internet hosting services will be prohibited from supporting the application.
The company's lawsuit says TikTok spent $2 billion on measures to protect user data. The company has agreed to a "shutdown option" that would give the US the right to suspend the app if it violates the terms of the 90-page draft National Security Agreement, it said. Voice of America.
The company said the Chinese government "strongly opposes" the forced sale of TikTok and will not allow the platform's algorithm, which is the most valuable part of the app, to be exported.
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Many experts question whether any potential buyer has the financial resources to buy TikTok and whether government agencies in China and the United States will approve its sale.
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