TikTok Argues US Disregarded National Security Plans

Company says TikTok ban will harm free speech, expression
Justice Department attorneys have until July 26 to respond

WATCH: US lawmakers raced to pass a TikTok ban following a series of briefings that remain classified. Now, the app’s Chinese owner is seizing on that secrecy in its high-stakes bid to overturn the new law. Jamie Tarabay reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Sabrina Willmer and Emily Birnbaum

June 20, 2024 at 5:26 PM UTC

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June 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM UTC

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TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. argued that the US government could have enacted less restrictive alternatives to banning the app to address national security concerns.

In a court filing Thursday, the company said it had negotiated a 90-page national security agreement with the federal government to offer “multi-layered safeguards and enforcement mechanisms,” but Congress disregarded that groundwork when enacting the TikTok ban earlier this year.