TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have initiated a legal battle against the U.S. government, challenging a new law signed by President Joe Biden that mandates the sale of the social media platform to a non-foreign adversary controlled entity by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban within 270 days. The law, aimed at addressing national security concerns, has been criticized by TikTok as an 'obviously unconstitutional' violation of the First Amendment. The company argues that the ban is an 'extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights' and singles them out unfairly. TikTok is already prohibited on U.S. government agency devices due to previous national security concerns.
TikTok’s lawsuit confirms what we already knew: They’re nothing but a CCP spy app, plain and simple. Congress refused to stand idly by as China exploits the data of 170 million American users, and we trust the courts will see this as the national security threat that it is. https://t.co/klxLsaYGlK
US TikTok ban: how the looming restriction is affecting scientists on the app https://t.co/TTX6EFEOPh
"What TikTok's argument has been in the complaint has said...we could have solved this in a much different way." Forbes' @Ali_Lev joins @_brittanylewis on "Forbes Talks" to discuss the latest in the battle between TikTok and lawmakers in D.C. https://t.co/wUNLDbtSzU https://t.co/Ha4RiagSQU
Understanding the TikTok vs US Gov. lawsuit. https://t.co/TkCArn1diq
"What our reporting has repeatedly shown is just how entangled [TikTok and ByteDance] have been since day 1." Forbes' @Ali_Lev joins @_brittanylewis on "Forbes Talks" to discuss the latest in the battle between TikTok and lawmakers in D.C. https://t.co/wUNLDbtSzU https://t.co/UkNP5JmKHS
"The key goal of this law that President Biden has signed is really to address national security concerns around TikTok." Forbes' @Ali_Lev joins @_brittanylewis on "Forbes Talks" to discuss the latest in the battle between TikTok and lawmakers in D.C. https://t.co/wUNLDbtSzU https://t.co/9ofIn46gDG
"We know for a fact that it will take at least until January of 2025...for the app to be shut down." Forbes' @Ali_Lev joins @_brittanylewis on "Forbes Talks" to discuss the latest in the battle between TikTok and lawmakers in D.C. https://t.co/wUNLDbtSzU https://t.co/TnYEGBj51F
NEW Hadley Spadacinni : Banning #TikTok is not going to make your data safer. If it wanted to, China could get at it so many other ways, and easier too. https://t.co/VsBvYjNG7z
Legal experts say #TikTok’s lawsuit to avoid a #ban or forced sale could last years. NTD spoke with political analyst and host of “Can We Please Talk” Mike Leon for more on how it could play out. https://t.co/mGtPDiI9pm
TikTok Inc and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd have challenged a US Act, It states that for the social media app to continue in the US, it must be sold to a company not controlled by a “foreign adversary” before January 19, 2025. https://t.co/Knqp3aY3XO
The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act https://t.co/OzhZepvn6C
The potential TikTok ban creates a logical incentive for ByteDance—or the Chinese government itself—to do whatever it can to help the presidential candidate who opposes the ban get elected, Andrei Lungu argues. https://t.co/a2RsdJay7V
REP. CAROLINA AMESTY: TikTok, ByteDance have made clear they are controlled by China https://t.co/AreuXi8SH1
Crumbl Sued for Disclosing Data to Stripe Without Consent https://t.co/soVsgCEpPr #9thCircuit #ConsumerProtection #Lawsuit @RobinsonCole https://t.co/65onVNh1MC
Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States https://t.co/TosKsrsBRc | by @RobinsonCole
“Let’s get rid of the clear and present danger, first and foremost, and that is the Chinese Communist Party connection to [TikTok].” @karaafrederick Yes, all the Big Tech platforms present a privacy threat of one form or another, but none greater than TikTok. https://t.co/FtTIymuzz8
one of the reasons tiktok argues in federal court they can't divest from china is... because the chinese govt wont allow it it’s almost like bytedance is subject to chinese law https://t.co/fAqZ5mVeUq
After a bill was passed last month forcing TikTok to divest or be banned, the social media company responded with a lawsuit, arguing the law violates the First Amendment. NTD spoke to @aselepak and asked him for his thoughts on #TikTok role in free speech.https://t.co/kL7T4KGyZ3
Of course China doesn’t want to sell TikTok—but they should be forced to. Why would the CCP willfully relinquish control of a backdoor into the lives of every single American and their data . . . especially when Biden’s STILL using the app? https://t.co/JQpjyUZ6tp
TikTok has reached for the Constitution, citing the First Amendment, in a challenge to the federal government’s ban — which sets up an interesting argument, writes tech columnist John Herrman. https://t.co/avls8G8W0g
#TikTok is suing the U.S. government to block a ban that could take effect next year. #GeorgetownLaw professor @AnupamChander told @NPR that banning a popular foreign owned internet service reminds him of China's Great Firewall. Listen: https://t.co/9OMJ1mjCD9
"The goal is not to ban TikTok. The goal is to protect the American people and their data." @RepCarbajal joins @JabariJYoung on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss TikTok's future in the United States. https://t.co/9Uj33RRwH9
In a federal lawsuit, TikTok says a new legal act giving it 270 days to divest its U.S. operation or face a ban here is unconstitutional. https://t.co/5MOxTMsdM9 #tiktok #socialmedia #retail
NEW: In response to TikTok court filing against new U.S. law, Rep. @Carolina_Amesty says the company’s legal worries make it "clear" TikTok is CCP-controlled https://t.co/AreuXi8SH1
TikTok claims American data is walled off, but employees told The Wall Street Journal in January that data is still sometimes shared with ByteDance. https://t.co/n17tjkiAD3
Read this. #TikTok is a separate, "independent" Chinese entity in the #US, although it has a 658,000-square-foot campus in #SanJose. Virtually everyone there speaks Chinese and addresses one another as "tong xue (classmate)." https://t.co/4F0bMxXCht
A Chinese TikTok employee in San Jose told us that the company's onboarding files and work messages were mostly in Chinese. “It was a reverse culture shock,” said Ben, who previously worked at a US company. “[TikTok] is more Chinese than what I’m used to” https://t.co/0S47RZI7En
The Dangers of TikTok — Matt Pottinger (Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor) https://t.co/M8KgjChTHK
TikTok Sues U.S. Government to Put a Stop to Bill Requiring Sale or Shutdown https://t.co/pXkkPRfd3x https://t.co/jDoaOjLkEm
CBS News: TikTok will sue the US government Representatives of the TikTok company went to court in connection with a law recently passed by the American Congress, which essentially forces the Chinese ByteDance to sell its social network to a buyer from the United States and…
TikTok is fighting back and suing the US government to stop a law that could get the app banned in the country https://t.co/lf1LPEs7KS
TikTok files a lawsuit to fight the 'extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights' that would result from a nationwide ban https://t.co/dJg9tLMTUC
There are “absolutely huge” legal implications in TikTok’s lawsuit seeking to stop a new law that could result in the social media platform’s U.S. ban, an expert said. https://t.co/eGvwRnqZPI
#TikTok and its Chinese parent company #ByteDance have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that United States President Joe #Biden signed last month to force the sale or ban of the popular video-sharing app in his country, saying the legislation violates the First Amendment… https://t.co/Gy8cxceKZ3
TikTok is waging a legal war against the U.S. government over a new law that could ban it nationwide by January 2025. Here’s everything you need to know: https://t.co/JcYotchsOE
TikTok claims the recent ban against them not only violates the First Amendment, but also singled them out for regulation without due process. https://t.co/SupezdzOgh
Rest of World spoke to more than a dozen employees who said that TikTok remains answerable to ByteDance rather than its international leadership. Amazing and authoritative reporting from @CaiweiC and @violazhouyi https://t.co/pL7q3hqJgh
“TikTok is not magic; it is not the digital equivalent of a nuclear bomb controlled by one nation at the risk of another,” @chaykak writes. “If we want to understand its real risks, we would do better to disentangle the motives behind the U.S. ban.” https://t.co/clKivk9BJO
Despite its claims of separation, TikTok employees and managers call the company “ByteDance” and “TikTok” interchangeably, as most tech teams work closely with China-based Douyin staffers https://t.co/zCBwlv6YSK
Mnuchin optimistic TikTok 'algorithms could be rebuilt' if he purchases platform Earlier this week, TikTok and ByteDance sued over the law, arguing that the ban was "obviously unconstitutional." Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/TxMA79S8gf
Streams and short-form videos are tools for youth organizers. Is that why Congress wants to ban TikTok? https://t.co/vzrbPuuMJg
As TikTok kicks off its legal fight against a ban or forced sale of the app in the U.S., we looked into how much competition it faces from other big tech companies, which stand to gain from a potential retreat. https://t.co/DNdFol0DmL Creator Economy by @kyurieff
TikTok sued the U.S. government to block a ban. Here’s what happens now https://t.co/3kD8xGrJhh
TikTok is already banned on government agency devices under a previous law, with backers citing the national security worries. https://t.co/O7e6iQWzn1
For TikTok and its parent ByteDance, the decision about where to file a petition contesting the US law requiring the divestiture of the online microvideo platform was easy — the law itself mandates the venue for a challenge. More in @AlisonFrankel's column https://t.co/e6HJpEsJQv https://t.co/JtFYROrouQ
TikTok and its Chinese parent company filed a lawsuit this week challenging a new American law that would ban the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. unless it's sold to an approved buyer. https://t.co/WZIjIRAFPu
TikTok’s critics say the platform is part of a Chinese scheme to interfere in U.S. politics, that it's being used as a method to collect troves of information on American users. https://t.co/O7e6iQWzn1