TikTok Ban Law Remains In Place Despite Legal Challenge

A federal law that could ban TikTok has passed a legal hurdle.

The U.S. Court of Appeals declined to review a challenge from TikTok and ByteDance.

The law takes effect on January 19.

Though Biden could delay the ban for 90 days if a sale is in progress.

The ban stems from alleged concerns over potential Chinese surveillance.

There are those that disagree, saying that is just a blanket excuse.

🚨 A federal appeals court just upheld Joe Biden’s TikTok law which would essentially ban TikTok in the U.S.

They want the flow of information to go through Google & Meta.

Trump will save TikTok — it’s what helped him smash the media hoaxes and secure a landslide victory. pic.twitter.com/RIQoOabHUr

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 6, 2024

A federal appeals court confirmed that TikTok has until January 19 to be sold to a US company or be banned nationwide. https://t.co/Y5kKwXy88e pic.twitter.com/HE8mFpjD3K

— IGN (@IGN) December 6, 2024

It’s interesting that Biden is supporting this.

If it was good for the Establishment, you’d think they’d want to keep it.

The Gateway Pundit reports:

A federal law that would ban the app TikTok if its Chinese parent company remains in control of it has passed a legal challenge.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it would not review a plea from TikTok and ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the app, according to CBS.

The law takes effect Jan. 19. President Joe Biden can delay the ban for 90 days if a sale is in progress at that time.

The potential TikTok ban came about as legislators of both parties said that its 170 million American users could be spied upon by China.

Concerns have also been expressed that TikTok could use the platform to influence opinions by banning or emphasizing certain content as China might wish.

The decision sets up an appeal to the Supreme Court, which given the short time before the ban takes hold could either pause the law while it considers an appeal or allow the law to take effect.

“We conclude the portions of the Act the petitioners have standing to challenge, that is the provisions concerning TikTok and its related entities, survive constitutional scrutiny,” Senior Judge Douglas Ginsburg wrote in the ruling.

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“The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” the ruling said.

“Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States,” it said.

U.S Federal Appeals Court upholds law forcing the sale of TikTok. Should TikTok be banned in America if they don’t sell to an American group? pic.twitter.com/h7Drw5yfkK

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