TikTok is suing US government over potential ban [Video]

TikTok is suing the US government and says that a potential ban of the social media platformwould violate the First Amendment.

The Chinese-owned company filed the lawsuit after President Joe Biden signed legislation in April meaning that TikTok must be sold, or face being banned in the US. The new law – Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – gives the company 270 days to do so.

TikTok, and parent company ByteDance, says that the law is unconstitutional, according to the suit filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Tuesday.

TikTok’s lawsuit also argues that the law does not state any specific threats posed by TikTok in the US, and that Congress did not consider alternative measures before the legislation was signed, …