Bullet points of LISTEN LIVE: Court hears arguments in TikTok's challenge to law forcing sale or ban of social media app
Bullet points of LISTEN LIVE: Court hears arguments in TikTok's challenge to law forcing sale or ban of social media app
- Attorneys for the two sides will appear before a panel of judges at the federal appeals court in Washington.
- TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging a U.S. law that requires them to break ties or face a ban in the U.S. by mid-January.
- The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was a culmination of a years-long saga in Washington over the short-form video-sharing app, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections to China.
- Attorneys for the two sides will appear before a panel of judges at the federal appeals court in Washington.
- TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging a U.S. law that requires them to break ties or face a ban in the U.S. by mid-January.
- The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was a culmination of a years-long saga in Washington over the short-form video-sharing app, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections to China.