August 02, 2024
Federal lawmakers, state governments, former U.S. national security officials, human rights nonprofits and antimonopoly advocates all urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold Congress' TikTok sale-or-ban law Friday, the final day for amici briefs to be filed in the Chinese company's challenge.
July 29, 2024
The U.S. government told the D.C. Circuit that TikTok's data collection practices and content recommendation algorithm threaten national security, in defending a federal law banning the social media platform from the United States unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
June 27, 2024
A collection of free speech and press groups has urged the D.C. Circuit to strike down Congress' TikTok sale-or-ban law, calling the statute a "direct and serious threat" to First Amendment freedoms in an amicus brief.
June 20, 2024
TikTok said Thursday that federal lawmakers likely didn't even consider its "exhaustive, multi-year efforts" to address national security concerns before deciding to ban the social media platform, slamming the law as "unprecedented" and warning that it sets "a dangerous precedent."
May 29, 2024
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday agreed to expedite the briefing schedule for a constitutional challenge against a federal law banning TikTok from the United States unless it severs its ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd., with oral arguments set to be heard this fall.
May 17, 2024
TikTok, a group of its creators and the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday all asked the D.C. Circuit to fast-track challenges to a new federal law that would exclude the popular app from the U.S. market unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company.
May 17, 2024
Facing a potential federal ban, TikTok and creators on the platform have tapped a bevy of BigLaw heavyweights, including attorneys who have successfully led challenges to prior moves to shut down the popular social media platform and limit children's online activities, as well as a pair of litigators who've argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 07, 2024
TikTok on Tuesday lodged its highly anticipated challenge to a new federal law that would exclude the popular app from the U.S. market unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company, telling the D.C. Circuit that the measure amounts to an unconstitutional and unprecedented ban on free speech.