17 May 2024 --- A group of TikTokers, including a skin care brand founder, is suing the US government over a new law that could ban the social media platform if its China-based parent company, ByteDance, does not sell its stakes within a year. Last week, TikTok also filed a petition in the US federal court to overturn the “unconstitutional” ban, claiming that “Congress has taken the unprecedented step of expressly singling out and banning TikTok.” Last month, US President Joe Biden signed the National Security Package into law. However, tucked away in the legislation that contains a US$95 billion war aid package for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine is a clause giving China-based ByteDance nine months to sell the app or risk a nationwide ban. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act aims to ban app stores and internet hosting services from supporting TikTok unless the platform divests from “foreign adversary” control.
