TikTok Challenges US Ban in Court, Citing Free Speech and Feasibility Issues

ByteDance argues divestiture is impossible and law unfairly targets the app while neglecting other platforms.

TikTok and ByteDance have filed a lawsuit against a US law mandating the app's sale or ban by January 2025.
The companies claim the law violates First Amendment rights and is technologically and commercially unfeasible.
TikTok offered a 'kill switch' to the US government, allowing it to shut down the app if security concerns arose.
The US Department of Justice plans to focus its lawsuit on alleged violations of children's privacy by TikTok.
Negotiations between TikTok and the US government broke down in 2022, leading to the current legal battle.