TikTok Sues US To Block Law That could Ban The Social Media Platform
May 7, 2024 11:41AM CDT
(Associated Press) – 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.
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday may be setting up what could be a protracted legal fight over its future in the United States.
The popular social video company alleged the law, which President Joe Biden signed as part of a larger $95 billion foreign aid package, is so “obviously unconstitutional” that the sponsors of The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act are trying to portray the law not as a ban, but as a regulation of TikTok’s ownership.