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President-elect and vice-president-elect make show of support for embattled defense secretary nomineeA federal appeals court has turned down a challenge from TikTok to a law that forces its Chinese parent company to find a buyer for the popular social media app in the US or face a ban, the Associated Press reports.TikTok is set to be banned in the US in mid-January, unless it cuts ties with its parent company ByteDance before then. The firm and app are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, but could also get a reprieve later next month, when Donald Trump takes office. Though his first administration viewed the app as a potential national security threat due to its ties with China, Trump recently said that he opposes the law intended to cut ties between the Chinese firm and TikTok.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law, which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January, is constitutional, rebuffing TikTok’s challenge that the statute ran afoul of the First Amendment and unfairly targeted the platform.“The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court’s opinion. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” Continue reading...
President-elect and vice-president-elect make show of support for embattled defense secretary nominee
A federal appeals court has turned down a challenge from TikTok to a law that forces its Chinese parent company to find a buyer for the popular social media app in the US or face a ban, the Associated Press reports.
TikTok is set to be banned in the US in mid-January, unless it cuts ties with its parent company ByteDance before then. The firm and app are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, but could also get a reprieve later next month, when Donald Trump takes office. Though his first administration viewed the app as a potential national security threat due to its ties with China, Trump recently said that he opposes the law intended to cut ties between the Chinese firm and TikTok.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law, which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January, is constitutional, rebuffing TikTok’s challenge that the statute ran afoul of the First Amendment and unfairly targeted the platform.
“The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court’s opinion. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” Continue reading...
