Tik Tok may soon become illegal in the United States. The social network lost an appeal before the Washington Court of Appeals against a law signed by former US president Joe Biden last April that would have banned the platform in the US unless it was controlled by the Chinese company. ByteDance will not be selling until January 19th. The appeals court therefore ruled in favor of the Justice Department, describing the measure as constitutional, granting the American government the authority to ban popular social media for national security reasons, out of fear that it could be used by the Chinese government to hijack Americans’ social media. data or influence public opinion.
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The current deadline is January 19; This date falls on the eve of the inauguration in the White House of Donald Trump, who promised during the election campaign that he would try to implement this measure after supporting the measure in his first term “Save TikTok”. The platform argued before the appeals court that the ban violated the First Amendment-guaranteed right of expression of its American users (estimated to be around 150 million).
The decision by the American judges came the day after elections were canceled in Romania, which Moscow was also apparently influenced by the use of Chinese social media. In their verdict, the jury members stated that the law signed by Biden “does not violate the First Amendment of the Constitution”, which protects freedom of expression in the USA, and that the government wanted to protect the country from a “foreign enemy” with this measure. “, thus we rejected the appeal submitted by TikTok and various creators in May.
“To protect our national security, it is essential to liberate it from Chinese control.”
They also acknowledge that American TikTok users “create and observe freedom of expression in all its forms in dialogue with each other and with the world,” but the jurors added that “precisely because of the platform’s broad pervasiveness, Congress and many presidents have argued that in order to protect our national security, it is necessary to liberate it from Chinese control.” He decided it was necessary.” We acknowledge that the decision “has significant consequences for TikTok and its users” because unless the Chinese company divests the platform, it “will not be effectively available in the US, at least for a certain period of time.” The judges concluded that “as a result, millions of TikTok users will have to find alternative media.” In the decision, the judges finally mention that Biden may grant a 90-day extension of the specified period until January 19 and then after Trump takes office, “based on the progress” made in regular duty. sales.
Source: Today IT
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