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Challenges to potential TikTok ban to be heard by US Court in September


A fast-track schedule has been set to consider legal challenges to the law requiring TikTok to divest U.S. assets or face a ban.

ByteDance, TikTok, and a group of content creators filed lawsuits against the potential ban, citing the app's profound effect on American life. A fast-track schedule has been set by the U.S. appeals court to consider legal challenges to the new law requiring TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest U.S. assets by January 19 or face a ban in its biggest market. Heading straight into a regional newsroom, after graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism, Sophie started by working for Reach PLC.

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