TikTok will start making its case on Monday against a law that will see it banned in the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells the social media app within nine months.
The measure - signed into law by President Biden in April - has been prompted by concerns that US users' data is vulnerable to exploitation by China's government. TikTok and ByteDance have always denied links to the Chinese authorities and have described the law an "extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights." The firm, which claims to have more than 170 million US users, will make its arguments before a three-judge panel at an appeals court in Washington DC. TikTok launches fight for its life in court With the clock ticking on a potential ban, the ultra-popular app is politically more important than ever. In a historically unusual targeting of a single company for its Chinese ties, the TikTok law passed in April with a wave of support from both Democrats and Republicans before being signed by President Joe Biden. TikTok heads to court Monday morning to fight for its survival in the U.S. — in a political environment sharply changed from jus...
