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Federal Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban As January 19 Divestiture Deadline Approaches


TikTok will have to divest itself from its Chinese ownership by Jan. 19 or face being unavailable in the United States, after a federal appeals court rejected the social media giant’s efforts to sideline a federal law. Congress overwhelming passed legislation to force a sale of TikTok, amid national security concerns, and the company challenged […]

Congress overwhelming passed legislation to force a sale of TikTok, amid national security concerns, and the company challenged the new law in court. But the federal appellate panel ruled, “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States. President-elect Donald Trump, who in hist first term initiated the effort to force a TikTok divestiture, now has indicated that he opposes such a move.

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