The Senate didn't have much of a choice: banning TikTok was on the agenda alongside aid to Ukraine and Israel, so it couldn't deal with the issue separately. President Joe Biden has already announced that he will sign the law after Congress approves it.
Following its launch, TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, may be forced to abandon the next-generation social media app. If you do not sell the interface, the application will be blocked – remind me A to Z ABC News.
Another possible and more likely outcome is for the company to take legal action He appeals the decision.
The platform previously argued that the law “violates the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, threatens 7 million businesses, and removes a platform that contributes $24 billion annually to the American economy.”
ByteDance is given nine months by law to sell.
The sales deadline can be extended once by three months, which means that the parent company must practically find a new customer within a year. In this case, TikTok itself will remain continuously available to users in the United States.
The situation is complicated by the fact that the potential sale must be approved by the Chinese government. In recent years, Beijing has regulated the export of domestically developed algorithms, on the basis of which the sale of TikTok can also be banned. written by CNN.
I am a Singaporean – this is how Cho Su, CEO of TikTok, used to defend his company.
Freedom of expression or national security
However, there is a much greater possibility that the right holder could challenge the measure by citing the First Amendment, which provides for freedom of expression, which – according to experts – could invalidate the entire law.
The US authorities can defend their decision in one way: they can claim that national security concerns trump the right to freedom of expression.
said Anupam Chander, a law professor at Georgetown University.
There has already been an example of such an action: in May last year, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana, citing the First Amendment, from which the app was banned.
In November, a federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff, invalidating the restriction before it could take effect.
Sarah Krebs, director of the Policy Institute at Cornell University, said that the authorities in Montana tried to ban the application under the pretext of privacy rights and safety of children, but this cannot be compared with the argument of the US government, which explains its reservations with concerns related to national security.
If legal proceedings begin, a federal judge may temporarily suspend enforcement of the law until the proceedings conclude.
the ban
The ban means TikTok must be removed from US app stores, including those serving iPhone and Android mobile devices, the App Store, and Google Play. New users will no longer be able to download the app, and existing users will not be able to access vital updates, which may make it inoperable after a certain period of time.
Worse still, the American example may be followed by Canada, and perhaps even the United Kingdom.
Some IT-savvy users may be able to get around the block, but it's too complicated or inconvenient for the majority.
However, this development may be the music of the distant future, because Michael Beckerman, the American head of TikTok, had also previously stated bengetteThat their rights will be enforced in court.
In India anyway It was banned four years ago TikTok after the border ignition between India and China. Most of the 200 million users have moved to other social platforms.
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