The Senate passed a multifaceted bill forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok in April.
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TikTok promised to fight its ban in the US — and now the social media giant has made it official.
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sued the federal government on Tuesday to halt a nationwide ban of the app, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Reuters.
The ban would force TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the platform or shut it down within 9 months.
TikTok alleged in its suit that the ban violated the First Amendment and that a sale would be “simply not possible,” according to the reports.
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