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TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court
- A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States. - The U.S.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejectedTikTok's argument that the ban, signed into law by President Joe Biden in April, is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans that use the popular social media service. A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States. Republican and Democratic members of Congress have cited concerns about national security issues related to TikTok's alleged connections to the Chinese government as a reason to ban the app.
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