TIKTOK DIVESTMENT LAW UPHELD BY FEDERAL APPEALS COURT

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. rejected TikTok’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.

If ByteDance fails to sell TikTok by Jan. 19, the law would require app store companies, like Apple and Google, and internet hosting providers to stop supporting TikTok, effectively banning the app.

Lawmakers from both parties have cited concerns about national security issues related to TikTok’s alleged connections to the Chinese government as a reason to ban the app.

时间安排的非常有意思 就在新政府上任的前一天
华盛顿 — 美国联邦法院星期五(12月16日)裁定，驳回TikTok及其中国母公司字节跳动对美国政府提出的诉讼案。这意味着如果TikTok不能在2025年1月19日前与母公司剥离，将在美国面临禁令。TikTok禁令的实施正值美国当选总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)就职的前一天。在竞选中誓言要“拯救TikTok”的特朗普，上任后会令TikTok起死回生吗？