News about TikTok

TikTok's legal filing gives away the game in several ways. 1. Despite claiming independence from Beijing, TikTok now concedes that it is the CCP (not TikTok) that controls the fate of its algorithm and foreign commercial transactions. 2. Despite claiming for years that TikTok's… pic.twitter.com/qMm7KaT6LL

In an interview a week or so ago I said that I expected to be listening to TikTok's court case against the US government, much as I did four years ago... and today they filed their petition to prevent a ban in the US sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com/obj/eden-va2/hkluhazhjeh7jr/AS%20FILED%20TikTok%20Inc.%20and%20ByteDance%20Ltd.%20Petition%20for%20Review%20of%20H.R.%20815%20(2024.05.07)%20(Petition).pdf?x-resource-account=public

Under the Constitution, Congress has the power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations” (Art1,Sec8,Cl3) China’s TikTok is a national security threat to the United States. Adversarial nations have no First Amendment Rights. This case should be dismissed. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tiktok-sues-us-government-says-ban-violates-first-amendment-rcna151059

New York (AP) — #TikTok sues US “The app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, calling the measure unconstitutional. Critics of the sell-or-be-banned ultimatum argue it violates TikTok users’ First Amendment rights.” apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-bytedance-lawsuit-biden-386e6d81e2eef61a756bcdea96cd0aef