U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Judgment Selling TikTok Before January 19
An American Federal appeals court upheld a law on Friday requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the well-known social media app TikTok next month or risk an effective ban in the US.
The unanimous decision of a three-judge U.S.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C dismissed TikTok’s claim that the law is unconstitutional and infringes on the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans who use the app. Later on Friday, TikTok announced would appeal to the Supreme Court to reverse the appeals court’s ruling.
Judge Douglas Ginsburg stated, “We reject each of the petitioners’ constitutional claims on the merits.”. The Act’s provisions are rightfully before this court and do not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution or the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the law; rather, they constitute an illegal bill of attainder ., as we will clarify. or engage in a Fifth Amendment violation by taking private property without compensation,”
The law would essentially ban TikTok by requiring internet hosting companies and app store companies like Apple and Google to cease supporting the app if ByteDance can’t sell TikTok by January 19.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement, “Today’s ruling is a critical step in preventing the Chinese government from using TikTok as a weapon to gather private data about millions of Americans, to alter the content shown to American audiences, and to jeopardize our national security.”.
The Act safeguards American national security constitutionally,” Garland stated. President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law in April following concerns expressed by members of Congress of both parties regarding TikTok’s purported ties to the Communist Chinese government, TikTok is “a surveillance tool used by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on Americans and harvest highly personal data,” according to Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, in March. Donald Trump has not stated if he will implement the ban when he assumes office next month.
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