TikTok Says It Will Challenge Ban Legislation in Court

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TikTok says it will take legal action to try to block new U.S. legislation that could lead to it being banned.  President Biden signed a bill into law Wednesday that laid the groundwork for the social media platform being banned if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it. 

In a video posted on the platform, TikTok CEO sad the passage of the bill is “obviously a disappointing moment but it does not need to be a defining one.” 

TikTok has won legal challenges in the past, including blocking a Montana law that called for a statewide ban. 

In 2020, a federal judge ruled an attempt by then-President Trump to ban TikTok was unconstitutional.

 

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