TikTok is about to begin fighting a possible U.S. ban. The social media company will have a crucial day in court on Monday, September 16.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments about a law signed by President Joe Biden in April that would essentially ban TikTok if its Chinese parent, ByteDance, doesn’t sell the platform. CNN pointed out that TikTok will have about 15 minutes for oral argument, which is “probably the most important time for TikTok’s existence in the United States.”
This is because the timeline for the entire process is very tight. a decision TikTok v. wreath It’s likely to be completed by December, but more appeals are still possible.
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Here’s how a TikTok ban might play out in court
The government’s argument centers on the idea that U.S. citizens are at risk because possible The Chinese government could force ByteDance to hand over their data. As The Verge reported in its detailed coverage of the case, a large portion of the government’s case focused on dozens of redacted classified materials, meaning only the government and a panel of judges saw the apparent evidence. Much of the seemingly most compelling information in the case has been removed from the public.
This is somewhat ironic considering the entire case centers on free speech. TikTok, meanwhile, argued that it did not have accurate information about its users and that the U.S. data was stored in the U.S.
The focus of the court case is whether potential Threats from foreign countries deny an estimated 170 million U.S. citizens access to platforms of expression.
Byte Beat has until January 19th to sell, so you can expect some developments in the case in the coming months.
