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TikTok’s appeal should be thrown out, US justice department tells court

TikTok’s appeal should be thrown out, US justice department tells court



Officials insist China-based owner ByteDance must separate from its short video app in the US because it is a threat to national security and citizens’ dataThe US justice department has asked an appeals court to reject legal challenges to a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok’s US assets by 19 January or face a ban.TikTok, parent company ByteDance and a group of TikTok creators have filed suits seeking to block the law, which could ban the app used by 170 million Americans. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-07-27 06:19:34

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