TikTok Faces U.S. Ban After Failing to Overturn New Law
TikTok may soon be banned in the U.S. after a panel of federal judges upheld a new law that could force the app’s shutdown by mid-January.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok’s request to block the law, which requires its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a non-Chinese owner by January 19. If this doesn’t happen, TikTok faces a U.S. ban. ByteDance has said selling the app is impossible due to restrictions from the Chinese government.
The judges disagreed with TikTok’s claims that the law unfairly targets the app and violates the First Amendment. They stated the law is focused on addressing risks from foreign control and protecting American users’ data from potential misuse by adversaries like China.
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