TikTok resolves its app ban in the United States

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The short video app, TikTok, extremely popular among young people, has decided to file a lawsuit against the US government to prevent its app from being banned in the United States.

TikTok resolves its app ban in the United States. The platform, which has nearly 170 million US users, believes the law passed by Congress violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. The latter actually guarantees freedom of expression.

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In their complaint, TikTok’s lawyers say the app is being unfairly targeted. They argue that national security concerns are not sufficient to justify such a restriction. They also remind that TikTok has already taken important measures to protect the data of its American users.

The law passed by Congress requires ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to transfer its app to the US company within a year. If this condition is not met, TikTok will be completely banned in the United States.

The US government and several states have already banned the use of TikTok on government devices. They say the app poses a national security risk because the Chinese government could use it to spy on American users.

TikTok strongly disputes these allegations and maintains that it has never shared US user data with the Chinese government.

The future of TikTok in the United States is now uncertain. The company’s appeal could lead to a reversal of the situation and save the application of the ban. But the standoff between TikTok and the US government is far from over.