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US appeals court upholds law forcing sale or ban of TikTok


Decision is latest twist in a years-long battle between the social media company and the US government

“That burden is attributable to [China’s] hybrid commercial threat to US national security, not to the US government, which engaged with TikTok through a multi-year process in an effort to find an alternative solution.” It was carefully crafted to deal only with control by a foreign adversary, and it was part of a broader effort to counter a well-substantiated national security threat posed by the PRC (People’s Republic of China)”. “The Chinese Communist party has made it abundantly clear that it is willing to leverage technology to collect data on our children and all US citizens,” said Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic congressman from New Jersey, in a statement when the bill was introduced last March.

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