TikTok Sues the US | Can They Stop the Ban? (VL782)

Key Points

• The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversaries Controlled Applications Act, enacted by Congress to potentially ban TikTok, is being challenged by TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for being unconstitutional, discriminatory, and not narrowly tailored to address national security concerns.
• TikTok argues that the act infringes on First Amendment rights by singling out TikTok and ByteDance specifically without evidence of wrongdoing, while offering other companies a process to avoid the ban, and also fails to consider less restrictive alternatives.
• The lawsuit also contends that the act is a bill of attainder because it targets specific entities, TikTok and ByteDance, without a trial, and violates equal protection by treating them differently from other companies.