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Chris Szewczyk

TikTok files a lawsuit to fight the 'extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights' that would result from a nationwide ban

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration on 23 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.

TikTok has announced it plans to sue the US government over a new law that would ban the app nationwide unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, divests itself from the app.

According to reporting from the BBC, TikTok called the newly passed act an "extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights" of its 170 million American users. It says the act is based on "speculative concerns" with little basis in fact, and it has asked the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to block the ban.

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