The popular social media giant TikTok let it be known that the Chinese-owned company is suing the U.S. government in federal court to stop enforcement of a recently signed law that effectively would ban the app.
TikTok is suing the US government to block a new law that would force its China-based owner to sell the app or face a nationwide ban. In a lawsuit TikTok said it filed Tuesday, the company said a forced sale is "is not commercially,
TikTok has filed a lawsuit aiming to block a US law that would ban in the video app in the country unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company. In the filing, the social media company called the act an "extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights" of the company and its 170 million American users.
The petition filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleges that the measure signed into law by President Biden last month is unconstitutional in part because it violates the
TikTok sued the US government over a new law that will force its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. to divest the popular video app or face a ban across the country.
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. TikTok and ByteDance filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.
The ban would force TikTok's Chinese owners to sell the platform or shut it down within 9 months. TikTok alleged in its suit that the ban violated the First Amendment and that a s
Video-sharing app TikTok on Tuesday sued the United States, arguing that the law passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden that forces TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest or face a ban is unconstitutional.
TikTok sued Tuesday to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app, following through on legal threats the company issued after President Joe Biden signed the legislation last month.
The company’s leadership clearly has a fundamental misunderstanding of America and Americans. TikTok is now one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. U.S. President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if its Chinese owner,
TikTok is suing the government over the recent legislation that would force its Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban. TikTok argues that the law denies its users their First Amendment rights.
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 companies argue that the law violates the U.S. Constitution on a number of grounds, including running afoul of First Amendment free speech protections.
TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government that argues a potential ban passed by Congress would violate the First Amendment. NBC News' Savannah Sellers has details on the lawsuit and how TikTok says their free speech rights would be restricted.
The high-stakes legal battle could determine the future of the popular app in the U.S. TikTok's legal filing calls the ban law an unprecedented violation of First Amendment rights.
The law requires ByteDance to divest TikTok within 270 days or face a ban in the U.S. App Store. It passed as part of a foreign aid package sending 95 billion dollars to Ukraine,
TikTok fired back against the U.S. government over a law that could put an end to the social video platform. TikTok and its parent company Bytedance’s lawsuit against the federal government claims the legislation circumvents the First Amendment.
TikTok and ByteDance are suing the U.S. government. The suit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and names U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland as the respondent.
TikTok and its owner Bytedance on Tuesday sued to stop a law that would give its Chinese parent about a year to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban. Here is a look at the effort to ban the app.
Key Takeaways TikTok said on Tuesday it filed a petition in federal court seeking to overturn the U.S. TikTok ban.The TikTok ban, signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden in April, requires ByteDance,
Video-sharing platform TikTok is suing the United States government, claiming a new law that forces its divestment from its Chinese owners violates the First Amendment. It was expected that TikTok would challenge the law in court,
Hugely popular social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance sued the U.S. government after a recent law passed by Congress and signed by President Biden just weeks ago that gives the company about nine months to sell TikTok or face a ban in U.
TikTok is officially challenging the law that could lead to a ban of the app in the United States. The company, which has long claimed that efforts to force a sale or ban of its app are unconstitutional,
TikTok and its Chinese parent company on Tuesday challenged a recently enacted federal law banning the short-form video platform from the United States if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner. TikTok Inc.
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.
TikTok and ByteDance say the law "would allow the government to decide that a company may no longer own and publish the innovative and unique speech platform it created. If Congress can do this, it can circumvent the First Amendment by invoking national security and ordering the publisher of any individual newspaper or website to sell to avoid being shut down.
The video platform app says that the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" violates the First Amendment. (Scripps News)
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act requires ByteDance to divest its ownership stake in TikTok and sell to a non-Chinese company in nine to
TikTok promised to fight its potential ban in the US — and now the social-media giant has made it official. TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, sued the federal government on Tuesday to halt a nationwide ban on the app,
Washington passed legislation requiring TikTok to divest from its parent by January 19 2025 or face a countrywide ban, citing concerns that the Chinese Communist party could wield data on the app’s 170mn US users for espionage purposes,