WASHINGTON— TikTok has sued to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app.
In its petition filed Tuesday, TikTok and its parent company, Bytedance, allege the law signed by President Joe Biden last month is unconstitutional because it stifles Americans’ speech and prevents them from accessing lawful information.
The court challenge sets up a historic legal battle to determine whether US security concerns about TikTok’s links to China can trump the First Amendment rights of the app’s 170 million US users. If it loses, TikTok could be banned from US app stores unless ByteDance sells the app to a non-Chinese entity by mid-January 2025.
