TikTok, along with its Chinese parent company ByteDance, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Tuesday regarding the potential ban of the social media platform in the United States.
According to ABCnews report, in the lawsuit, TikTok and ByteDance claim that the legislation endorsed by President Joe Biden recently, mandating the company to sell the platform to a non-Chinese entity within nine to 12 months or potentially face a ban in the U.S., violates the First Amendment rights of its users.
Biden had on April 24, 2024 enacted the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act as part of a comprehensive foreign aid package approved by Congress.
As at the time of filing this report the White House is yet to comment on the lawsuit.
