Nat. security no excuse to restrict free speech, China’s Bytedance and TikTok tell US court amid threat of ban

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Nat. security no excuse to restrict free speech, China’s Bytedance and TikTok tell US court amid threat of ban

sharing app TikTok, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, have filed a legal challenge in the US against a legislative move to force its sale, lest it face a country-wide ban. The petition said the demand violated constitutional guarantees to free speech detailed in the First Amendment, after President Joe Biden signed a bill giving the tech firm nine months to find a non-Chinese buyer. Photo: Solen Feyissa via Flickr. TikTok is estimated to…