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TikTok loses appeal and could soon be banned in the US

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Sat, 7 Dec 2024, 11:49am
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TikTok loses appeal and could soon be banned in the US

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 7 Dec 2024, 11:49am

TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal  

TikTok may be banned in the United States from early next year. An appeals court has upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok in the country by early next year, or be banned. The company hoped the court would agree with its argument the law was unconstitutional, and impacted the free speech of its 170 million US users. Unfortunately for ByteDance, the court upheld the law, saying it "was the culmination of extensive, bipartisan action by the Congress and by successive presidents".   

 

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