The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.
TikTok and its Chinese parent company on Tuesday challenged a recently enacted federal law banning the short-form video platform from the United States if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner.
TikTok argues that a new US law aiming to force it into a sale or face a nationwide ban is unconstitutional, potentially violating millions of Americans’ free speech rights.
TikTok boasts an estimated 150 million unique monthly users in the U.S. If not sold, it would disappear from the Apple and ...
TikTok and ByteDance sue to stop U.S. divestment law amid national security concerns and potential election influence.
Since 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations — and American users’ data — from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok has described the ...
Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late ...
TikTok now faces the very real threat of being banned in the US unless the app is sold by its owner ByteDance, after President Biden signed a new bill into law that has set the clock ticking.
TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon with more than one billion users worldwide, but who owns it and what personal data ...
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require ...
With legal battle set to unfold, TikTok’s US users face wave of uncertainty TikTok and Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. have vowed to do all they can to stop the measure. Image Credit: AFP ...