ByteDance is readying itself for a prolonged legal battle with the US after refusing to comply with American law requiring divestment.
China-based ByteDance Ltd. made clear it won’t comply with a new US law requiring it to sell its popular TikTok video-sharing app, setting up what likely will be a prolonged court battle pitting free-speech rights against national-security interests that could end up at the Supreme Court .
“If the law is treated as an effective ban on operating the platform, it will face considerable scepticism in court,“ said Timothy Zick, a constitutional law professor at William & Mary Law School.For now, the app is allowed to operate in the US, meaning the company doesn’t need to seek an emergency injunction.
TikTok has argued the law will stifle free speech and hurt creators and small business owners who benefit economically from the the platform. The company also said a “qualified divestiture” as specified by the law is unfeasible commercially, technically and legally. “TikTok’s challenge to the ban is important, and we expect it to succeed,” said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
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