The company lost this Friday the appeal in which it tried to reverse an American law that will end the service if the parent company does not find a non-Chinese buyer.
The social network TikTok, owned by the Chinese ByteDance, tried but was unable to reverse the American law. If the matrix cannot find a buyer by January 19th From next year, the platform will be banned in the USA.
After this period, the application storess and US Internet services could be subject to heavy fines for hosting TikTok if it isn’t sold. (According to legislation, President Joe Biden can issue a one-time extension of the deadline), says .
It was in April this year that the American government decided that TikTok constitutes a risk to national security. The platform, to continue receiving American users, will have to be purchased by a non-Chinese company.
At a September hearing, lawyers representing the US government argued that TikTok’s algorithm is controlled by the Chinese parent company and could be used to influence users Americans.
Since May, the Chinese company has been trying to reverse this decision, arguing that it “contravenes the First Amendment to the United States Constitution” and “violates the Fifth Amendment guarantee of equal protection of the laws“, but this Friday the court made it very clear: TikTok is in trouble with the USA.
The judges recognized that American TikTok users “create and visualize all kinds of free expressions and engage with each other and the world“, but they guarantee that, “in part precisely because of the platform’s expansive reach, Congress and several presidents have determined that alienating it from China’s control is essential to protect our national security“.
