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TikTok ban upheld by US court

TikTok ban upheld by US court

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A US federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to sell its operations in the United States by January 19. The decision, made by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is a significant victory for the US government. The ruling is based on concerns over national security and the potential for data collection by the Chinese government. The law in question requires ByteDance to divest from TikTok, which is used by 170 million Americans, or face a ban on the app. This would be the first time a major social media app has been banned in the US, and it would jeopardize billions in ad revenue for the company. ByteDance is expected to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. Some legal experts have criticized the decision, citing concerns over free speech and the potential for censorship. The ruling intensifies the platform's legal and operational challenges, and it could strain US-China relations.

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
1. The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States. 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.
2. The multi-year efforts of both political branches to investigate the national security risks posed by the TikTok platform, and to consider potential remedies proposed by TikTok, weigh heavily in favour of the act.
Patrick Toomey
American Civil Liberties Union
1. Banning TikTok blatantly violates the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans who use this app to express themselves and communicate with people around the world.
Douglas Ginsburg
Republican Party
1. Content on the platform could in principle remain unchanged after divestiture, and people in the United States would remain free to read and share as much PRC propaganda (or any other content) as they desire on TikTok or any other platform of their choosing.
Merrick Garland
US Department of Justice
1. Today's decision is an important step in blocking the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTok to collect sensitive information about millions of Americans, to covertly manipulate the content delivered to American audiences, and to undermine our national security.
Jameel Jaffer
TikTok
1. This is a deeply misguided ruling that reads important First Amendment precedents too narrowly and gives the government sweeping power to restrict Americans' access to information, ideas, and media from abroad.
2. We hope that the appeals court's ruling won't be the last word.
TikTok
1. The Supreme Court has a strong track record of defending Americans' free speech, and we are confident they will uphold this principle in our case.
2. The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans' right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue.
Michael Hughes
TikTok
1. Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people.

TikTok ban upheld by US court

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