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TikTok ban: US government tells supreme court Chinese government could ‘weaponize’ app at any time
Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review case
If ByteDance was willing to let you go, and willing to let you take the source code with you, wouldn’t that be fine?… Why is it impossible to divest in the 270 days, even assuming the Chinese government hadn’t said you couldn’t?” The law requires divestiture within that timeframe. “The government’s attempt to cut US users off from speaking and sharing on TikTok is extraordinary and unprecedented,” said Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project. It’s the latest battle in the long war over whether to ban the tremendously popular social media app in the US – and will force the justices to weigh the importance of national security with the freedom of speech.
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