Mr.Ares Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its po[CENSORED]r short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. The decision is a major win for the Justice Department and opponents of the Chinese-owned app and a devastating blow to TikTok parent ByteDance. It significantly raises the prospects of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on a social media app used by 170 million Americans. TikTok plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. In detailing their support of the law, the appeals court noted it was the result of Republicans and Democrats working together, as well as two presidents, as "part of a broader effort to counter a well-substantiated national security threat posed by the PRC (People's Republic of China)." The Justice Department says under Chinese ownership, TikTok poses a threat because of its access to vast personal data of Americans, asserting China can covertly mani[CENSORED]te information that Americans consume via TikTok. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the decision "an important step in blocking the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTBut the Chinese Embassy in Washington called the law "a blatant act of commercial robbery" and warned the United States "must handle this case in a prudent manner to avoid harming the mutual trust between the two countries and the development of bilateral relations." ok.” The ruling comes amid growing trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies after the administration of President Joe Biden placed new restrictions on China's chip industry and Beijing responded by imposing an outright ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States. U.S. appeals court Judges Sri Srinivasan, Neomi Rao and Douglas Ginsburg rejected legal challenges brought by TikTok and users against the law, which gives ByteDance until Jan. 19 to sell or divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban. Link: https://www.gadgets360.com/social-networking/news/tiktok-us-ban-law-upheld-sale-deadline-7193898#pfrom=home-po[CENSORED]r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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