TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, challenging a new law signed by President Joe Biden that mandates the divestiture of the social media platform or face a nationwide ban. The companies argue that the law, which could lead to TikTok's shutdown by January 19, 2025, and affects 170 million American users, violates users' First Amendment rights. The lawsuit highlights concerns over ByteDance's extensive control over TikTok and its impact on free speech.
As TikTok sues to stop ban, Mnuchin warns legal fight may scupper bid for app https://t.co/hJrsjYI1bP
The challenges facing TikTok as it confronts the US in court https://t.co/HF3gIPklgm by @alexiskweed
TikTok sues U.S. to stop Congress’ ban https://t.co/xQT1bJubDW https://t.co/Cj92gjoJwu
TikTok sued the US over a law that would force ByteDance to sell the app or face a ban on national security concerns https://t.co/PFROUzzFlB
TikTok sued the US over a law that would force ByteDance to sell the app or face a ban on national security concerns https://t.co/OC2RHnpSbn
BREAKING: TIKTOK SUE THE US GOVERNMENT OVER THEIR ATTEMPT TO BAN THEM TikTok claims the US Government VIOLATED users' First Amendment Rights. https://t.co/wdIjo9GLcy
There is zero evidence that TikTok has done anything sinister to undermine the “security” of the U.S. or has furthered the designs of the Chinese Communist Party. The TikTok ban threatens freedom of speech and is grounded in anti-Chinese hysteria. https://t.co/VBj7wC8thU https://t.co/707YF6dK8y
TikTok is suing the U.S. Government over "unconstitutional" ban Read more ➡️ https://t.co/ZSlTw9Tp7H https://t.co/YptDUs0S5N
• Douyin, TikTok’s sister app in China, is highly profitable, and ByteDance has been transferring managers from Douyin to the US to try to replicate success for TikTok. • Current and former TikTok employees say 🇨🇳 executives, instead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, are making key… https://t.co/5jTecjpb5x
ByteDance made clear it won’t comply with a new U.S. law requiring it to sell its popular TikTok video-sharing app, setting up what likely will be a prolonged court battle that could end up at the Supreme Court https://t.co/8baLITgP2m
TikTok Launches Lawsuit Against US to Stop Ban and Some Experts Believe They Will Succeed https://t.co/4HuVu3EFAq
TikTok is suing the U.S. over attempt to force sale. https://t.co/Xe8sVogP0p
TikTok is suing the US government over a law that seeks to force the app's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell it within nine months or ban its use in America ⬇️ Read more https://t.co/rMNxBMuv28
👀 TikTok finally admitting they’re owned by Chinese government. https://t.co/8DYh4G5gNZ
TikTok is betting on a First Amendment fight to block a ban. The claim goes against a century of legal precedent in the U.S., China expert says. https://t.co/TEAAOkjSTK
TikTok filed a lawsuit to block a recently-enacted federal law that would force it to sever ties with its Chinese Communist Party-tied parent company, ByteDance. | @CarolineDowney_ https://t.co/g74vPM9KKe
TikTok and China’s ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app https://t.co/IpZ81hNjtl
TikTok lodged its challenge to a new federal law that would exclude the app from the U.S. market unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company, saying that the measure amounts to an unconstitutional and unprecedented ban on free speech. https://t.co/phLQJvLwSW
Interesting that tiktok is claiming the us law violates the first amendment when back in 2023 the tiktok ceo would not actually answer the question when asked in the congressional hearing whether or not he supported the first amendment https://t.co/p89Hdhn7Bh https://t.co/EtIZ1Zc2Yf
Interesting that tiktok is claiming the us law violates the first amendment when back in 2023 the tiktok ceo would actually answer when asked in the congressional hearing whether or not he supported the first amendment https://t.co/p89Hdhn7Bh https://t.co/qZfdlTGYiW
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. https://t.co/nykLFcN5eR
TikTok is betting on a First Amendment fight to block a ban. The claim goes against a century of legal precedent in the U.S., China expert says: https://t.co/e91M2vfz05
TikTok wasted little time before filing a legal challenge to a law that would ban the social media app in the US unless its Chinese owner gives up control of it. Here's what a ban would mean https://t.co/EI9aC3qd3w
Like @JakeSullivan46 says, it makes all the sense in the world for ByteDance to divest TikTok. With my Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act now law, we are closer than ever having a TikTok free of CCP control. https://t.co/XB9hn764V4
Totally predictable First Amendment Challenge to the forced sale of TikTok. https://t.co/pFbzCSQL8h https://t.co/H4uGdTfutC
TikTok Admits It's a CCP Asset in Lawsuit Against U.S. Government https://t.co/ZLm6TiBzC8
BREAKING: TikTok Sues Biden Admin As Potential Ban Looms https://t.co/EYmHcKi8xX
Good on TikTok for sueing the US public servants TikTok is doing more for freedom of speech and small business than our own public self serving public servants https://t.co/qBtLFduWg2
TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law https://t.co/XMPJLa0pfp
As TikTok sues to stop potential ban, Steven Mnuchin warns legal fight may prevent him from buying the app https://t.co/QfDkJkU5O0
AP's @ZekeJMiller: “And to a different topic, briefly, TikTok has filed a lawsuit challenging the effort to force them to divest ownership — or ByteDance to divest ownership of TikTok in the US. Does the White House have any response to that?” KJP: “So, I've seen the report —… https://t.co/KnUH6OZcu3
The video platform app says that the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/i41x3Ku9Em
TikTok has sued the U.S. Government over the recent law that requires ByteDance to either sell the app or face a ban. First Amendment? You’re up, buddy. https://t.co/hYaH6yAw9j
ByteDance gears up to play David to US Gov's Goliath, slapping a lawsuit for their proposed #TikTokBan. #TikTok cries 'unconstitutional,' @AiishaMalik1 reports at @TechCrunch. https://t.co/bUCOAOm5i9
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. federal government to challenge a law that would force the sale of ByteDance's stake or face a ban, saying that the law is unconstitutional. https://t.co/HeiOa7gzUy
TikTok and ByteDance sue US to block law forcing sale of the app https://t.co/fZ0scHQrFa
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday may be setting up what could be a protracted legal fight over TikTok's future in the United States https://t.co/t9ZT33DzPN
TikTok Asks Appeals Court to Overturn Law on Potential Ban as Unconstitutional https://t.co/Dg6kUICLKV
TikTok Sues US Government. Argues Ban Violates Free Speech. Gotta give these guys credit for having brass to use the US constitution against the government. https://t.co/ZjGJLHXSPK
While TikTok trots out the expected grab bag of arguments, it adopts a strange strategy of ignoring the reason for the law TikTok wants this to be a case about the content of its speech. It is not. It is about TikTok's malign conduct - conduct the Constitution doesn't protect https://t.co/A4SizS8nT7
TikTok ban supporters: The ban doesn't violate the First Amendment, it's content-neutral Also TikTok ban supporters: "[T]here was such overwhelming support for us to shut down potentially TikTok [due to] the number of mentions of Palestinians" https://t.co/OJLS33gT9k https://t.co/rsxOCMQB5L
TikTok sues the US Gov citing “freedom of speech.” Any idea where this lawsuit will go? We have one. https://t.co/7ZmMzL6d9a
TikTok sues U.S. to block proposed ban of popular social media app The platform says that a newly enacted law violates its First Amendment right to free speech — and that it would be impossible to sell the app before the deadline. https://t.co/GH9aJgfAAS
TikTok’s parent company sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, alleging it violated Americans’ First Amendment rights by forcing it to either sell the social media company or have it outright banned in the states. https://t.co/fjdQSbOZC1
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. federal government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to another company. https://t.co/OD8TFTh2nq
TikTok filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new bill requiring ByteDance—the company’s China-based owner—to sell the app or face a ban in the U.S. https://t.co/L0MtyMAOTR
Breaking- TikTok files lawsuit against U.S. government calling potential ban unconstitutional https://t.co/GX8wiCVexd
In a lawsuit filed against the federal government to block the enforcement of a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S., the platform claims the ban violates the First Amendment rights of its 170 million users in the country. https://t.co/NiMfXEDh8D
😳 @TikTokPolicy literally says it cannot comply with the divestment requirement because “the Chinese government has made clear that it would not permit a divestment” of ByteDance’s algorithm. They’re literally making the national security case for the U.S. government. https://t.co/Fd4glisxRM https://t.co/GMgECor9gY
TikTok's legal challenge to the TikTok Bill is the most tonedeaf letter I have ever read. The company is recycling the exact same arguments it made to Congress. Those arguments completely fell apart in the scrutiny of Public Opinion; they are even less likely to hold up against…
TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over a new law that could lead to a ban of the popular social media app in the U.S. https://t.co/vTm7YPT7kc
TikTok Sues to Overturn U.S. Law Forcing Sale or National Ban: ‘Obviously Unconstitutional’ https://t.co/aVlXXmaQeL
TikTok suing over US divest-or-ban law, arguing it violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/zhUNkUsQFi
TikTok has sued the US government over a law that will force its Chinese parent company to divest the popular video app or face a ban across the country. The lawsuit marks the first legal challenge since Congress passed the law in April https://t.co/oi6FmyIkmQ https://t.co/v9MkO3XyXU
TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S. https://t.co/6k1MA3wta1
TikTok is taking the US to court to stop its ban https://t.co/thvclVkt0c
In an interview a week or so ago I said that I expected to be listening to TikTok's court case against the US government, much as I did four years ago... and today they filed their petition to prevent a ban in the US https://t.co/ur1MOIVhoG
Just like the federal law banning TikTok, Montana's TikTok ban violates the First Amendment. @FreedomofPress joined @ACLU's brief explaining that courts must apply the highest constitutional standards to prior restraints and bans on communications platforms, like Montana's ban… https://t.co/nJ2cXvHTQu
TikTok and parent company ByteDance argue the law, which would force a sale or a de-facto ban in the U.S., violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/hmaCpYEOPx
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, TikTok says that the TikTok ban or divestment law violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/O071aL1bQK
NEW: TikTok sued the US federal government on Tuesday, arguing that the possible app ban violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/v2JcVSFmwq
TikTok follows through on its promise to sue the US government over the divest-or-ban law. https://t.co/eAw8vreKR0
tik tok sues USA... so 2024 degenerate economy of them would an adult in charge please lay hammer down already
TikTok challenged the United States government on Tuesday, seeking to stop a new law that requires a sale or ban of the popular video app. Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/YaeztOtSvy
TikTok and its parent company are suing to block a U.S. law that would force a nationwide ban of the social media app, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. https://t.co/5kFSSSzAl0
TikTok says in its First Amendment objection that they are a publisher - like a news or media company - that exercises editorial control over its content, and "shares its own content about issues and current events" https://t.co/aRJfa58qq8
TikTok is suing the Biden Administration to block the newly passed law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to either to sell its stake of the popular social media network within a year or face a ban in the U.S. TikTok filed their lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Alleging free speech violations, TikTok filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new law that would force the sale or ban of TikTok. https://t.co/O2Pd0UswV5
TikTok has officially challenged the divest-or-ban law in court, arguing it would give the government unprecedented power to control or dismantle a speech platform it dislikes. https://t.co/OtRpTtD8tC by @drewharwell
NEW: TikTok is turning to Covington & Burling and Mayer Brown to fight a law requiring its Chinese parent to sell its stake in the company in order for the social media app to continue operating in the US. https://t.co/ZczEXlbu26
JUST IN: TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government arguing that banning the app or forcing a sale violates the first amendment The suit argues that national security concerns are speculative, and pointed at Biden and other politicians regularly using the platform
Game On – TikTok Sues U.S. Government After New Law Forcing A Sale Or Ban Of Social Media Platform https://t.co/PZh5URcWL0
#BREAKING TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance file lawsuit against federal government over its potential ban of the social media platform in the US https://t.co/kLHlsDTdOr
In the lawsuit, TikTok and ByteDance claim the law would force the company to sell the platform to a non-Chinese company in nine to 12 months or face a ban in the U.S. violates users' First Amendment rights. https://t.co/1jcZifN4uI
TikTok, ByteDance Sue Biden Administration to Block U.S. Law Forcing App Ban Read More: https://t.co/CfwHayEmiT
“TikTok’s hazards constitute only part of a much larger, porous, and underregulated U.S. tech ecosystem,” writes @AynneKokas. “The so-called TikTok bill is the wrong solution to a real problem.” https://t.co/352gzsFHk3
NEW: TikTok sued the US government in the first challenge to a new law that would force Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest itself of the popular video app or face a ban. https://t.co/XY2A2om7WL
As #TikTok sues to block a U.S. ban, @stevenmnuchin1 joined @DavidFaber to discuss his continued interest in buying the social media player & his concerns around a lawsuit. https://t.co/LOJoU7hVqL
TikTok Owner ByteDance Sues Federal Government Over US Ban of Social Media Platform https://t.co/BSTKt3aCHZ
🚨🇺🇸🇨🇳TIKTOK SUES U.S GOVERNMENT OVER BAN TikTok announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that a new law banning them unless their Chinese owner ByteDance sells its 20% share in the company is unconstitutional. “For the first time in… https://t.co/ecmlV3UlNQ
TikTok has filed a lawsuit challenging a law that seeks to force its Chinese parent company to sell the app or be banned. https://t.co/wmkuUkguXl
BREAKING: TikTok sues the US over attempts to force its Chinese parent company to sell the social media platform, citing the First Amendment. https://t.co/bKpjtDArfZ
To fend off political pressure, TikTok has downplayed its China connections. The app appointed non-Chinese executives, and its current CEO is based in Singapore. But Rest of World’s reporting found that Chinese executives are making key business decisions https://t.co/0S47RZI7En
TikTok has officially sued to stop the divest-or-ban law in the US, saying it violated the First Amendment. Basically alleging TikTok is so big and so many Americans are on the app that getting rid of us violates free speech protections. Thoughts?
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok sues the US over attempts to force its Chinese parent to sell the social media platform, citing First Amendment.
As expected, TikTok filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the U.S.’s new law that would force parent company ByteDance to sell the app — or face a nationwide ban. https://t.co/yGWPR56bGr
Breaking: TikTok sued to block a U.S. ban, claiming a new federal law violates the company's First Amendment rights https://t.co/MM7ZUmRLIy https://t.co/MM7ZUmRLIy
TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Law That Would Ban App, Alleges It’s ‘Obviously Unconstitutional’ https://t.co/jWVDXGmVPJ via @variety
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance tell ABC News it has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its potential ban of the social media platform in the U-S, saying it violates users' First Amendment rights.
BREAKING: TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said they filed a suit seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use https://t.co/Np5lzRnNZk https://t.co/jM5CdyZT63
Breaking news: TikTok and its parent company ByteDance challenged the U.S. government in a legal filing on Tuesday over a new law forcing the sale or ban of the social media giant. https://t.co/87ZXFJQp7u
TIKTOK: THE LAW WOULD FORCE THE SHUTDOWN OF THE APP BY JANUARY 19TH 2025.
TikTok is suing the US government https://t.co/XjaIF9MkH0
TikTok is suing the U.S. government in an effort to stop enforcement of a bill that seeks to force the app’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned. The suit calls the law an “unprecedented violation” of the First Amendment. https://t.co/fQXlsOde0S
“There is no question: The act will force a shutdown of TikTok by Jan. 19, 2025.” TikTok announced it has officially sued the US Government over the ‘TikTok ban’ bill, calling it “unconstitutional” https://t.co/Btglsi4gJA
JUST IN: TikTok is suing the U.S. government in an effort to stop enforcement of a bill that seeks to force the app’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned. The suit calls the law an “unprecedented violation” of the First Amendment. https://t.co/x9FlopN1mg
TikTok files court challenge to U.S. law that could lead to ban https://t.co/2wgkZuR2RM
TikTok Ban Sparks Lawsuit Pitting National Security Concerns Against First Amendment Rights https://t.co/muXkdbtjGp
Today we filed a petition in federal court seeking to overturn the unconstitutional TikTok ban. Read our petition here: https://t.co/Lx3l4DaRTG
Bytedance (Tiktok) sues the US government over sale/ban order... good luck ha! $META $GOOG $SNAP
🚨 TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE say they have sued Biden Administration seeking to block law to force divestiture or ban of app.
JUST IN - TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SAY THEY HAVE SUED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKING TO BLOCK LAW TO FORCE DIVESTITURE OR BAN OF SHORT VIDEO APP
Breaking News: TikTok sued the U.S. government over a law that would require its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a nationwide ban. TikTok said that the law violated users’ First Amendment rights. https://t.co/fzYwRoFyvV
TikTok said it filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law that requires a sale or ban of the popular social-media app, setting up a court showdown over national security and free speech in the age of global information wars https://t.co/xPtuUmSlQh
⚠️ TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SUE TO BLOCK US LAW SEEKING SALE OR BAN OF APP Full Story → https://t.co/Zi3doP8XrN TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force…
🚦🚦TIKTOK SUES US GOVERNMENT OVER LAW FORCING SALE OR BAN: NYT
NEW: TikTok sues the US government over the new law calling for a sale or a ban of the app. read more here about today's filing: https://t.co/TOwavCkmWd w @dmccabe
$SNAP $META TIKTOK SUES US GOVERNMENT OVER LAW FORCING SALE OR BAN: NYT
❖ TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SAY THEY HAVE SUED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKING TO BLOCK LAW TO FORCE DIVESTITURE OR BAN OF SHORT VIDEO APP ❖ TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SAY "NO QUESTION" LAW WILL FORCE SHUTDOWN OF TIKTOK ON JAN. 19
TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SAY THEY HAVE SUED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKING TO BLOCK LAW TO FORCE DIVESTITURE OR BAN OF SHORT VIDEO APP TIKTOK, BYTEDANCE SAY "NO QUESTION" LAW WILL FORCE SHUTDOWN OF TIKTOK ON JAN. 19
Restricting citizens’ access to media from abroad is a practice associated with repressive regimes, and it’s sad and alarming that we’re going down this road. Here’s our brief, filed late last night, in support of TikTok’s challenge to Montana’s ban. https://t.co/22QxYisyvd
NEW: TikTok sources say ByteDance executives manage key departments made up of thousands of U.S.-based TikTok employees — including the influential monetization team of 3,000+ staff. Exclusive details here from @CaiweiC @violazhouyi https://t.co/FikK239msl @restofworld
U.S. cyber ambassador Nate Fick says efforts to ban TikTok don't create a "slippery slope" because the Chinese app's legal subservience to Beijing poses a "sui generis" national security threat. https://t.co/De5gjxfbvX
Rest of World spoke to more than a dozen TikTok employees who said that the company remains answerable to ByteDance rather than its international leadership New from @CaiweiC and @violazhouyi https://t.co/0S47RZI7En
Ahead of a potential TikTok ban, we spoke to over a dozen current employees to reveal what it's really like working there. Yes, it's more Chinese than you think, and it's less about politics and more about profit. My latest with @violazhouyi: https://t.co/VJzqhMCHHs
Is the TikTok ban really about protecting you, or muzzling platforms that question the government narrative?? I’ll be live on Rumble with Tulsi Gabbard today to get her take. Join us! https://t.co/3YNMrB4XCb https://t.co/gyrORyq1vP
India’s TikTok ban was more about sending a message to China than addressing a real cyber security concern. @VarshaaBansal: 👇https://t.co/PGT19T1UCs
China can use any app for spying and propaganda purposes — not just TikTok. So why is Washington fixated on a ban? @VarshaaBansal: 👇https://t.co/PGT19T1UCs
Banning TikTok will probably do very little to improve America’s cyber security. Just look at what happened in India, writes @VarshaaBansal: 👇https://t.co/PGT19T1UCs
By intervening in the US political process with brazen pop-up messages to its users, @tiktok_us unwittingly demonstrated the threat that it could pose to American democracy in the future, @KelloggSchool's Nancy Qian writes. https://t.co/OViY4SaP19
A former TikTok executive suing the platform alleged Monday that ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based parent company, has far more extensive control over the social media platform than it has claimed. https://t.co/lEE8hPoTgg
Small businesses are liable to be at the center of TikTok's case against the US gov. Here's why. @roycanivel_jrn https://t.co/7bEeURhS4j
Now that a potential TikTok ban has been passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, some lawmakers are getting more comfortable saying what exactly the ban would help them accomplish. Story: https://t.co/yS2k3hLUTy https://t.co/s98WTeTxA4
Former TikTok Exec Accuses Company Of ‘Lying’ About China-Based ByteDance’s Control https://t.co/kDxiInaw5v https://t.co/pY3pabHQlC
How to best understand TikTok's true intentions? Calculating the likely *hundreds* of billions of dollars its owners are leaving on the table as the US mandates the social media giant must sell to non-Chinese owners. I explore in this week's mag >> https://t.co/qDAYZiUS30
.@tiktok_us could have met ban-happy US lawmakers halfway and turned data security into a comparative advantage. Instead, it chose an aggressive strategy that blew up in its face, @KelloggSchool's Nancy Qian observes. https://t.co/OViY4SaP19
"India’s TikTok ban didn’t even slow disinformation. We need a better solution." (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/TAleB5j7uq
TikTok’s parent company would rather shut down platform than sell to a US company: report https://t.co/z8ALC49fy0 https://t.co/z8ALC49fy0
A cosponsor of the TikTok ban said in a closed-door meeting that congress moved to ban the app because “you’re seeing how these kids are being manipulated” to oppose Israel’s war effort. We obtained audio: https://t.co/99Dygz0C2O