Says the law threatens free speech and
WASHINGTON - A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had "a profound effect on American life.
The suit, which seeks injunctive relief, says the law threatens free speech and "promises to shutter a discrete medium of communication that has become part of American life." In both instances, courts blocked the bans. Trump has since reversed course and criticized efforts to ban TikTok but has not joined the app.
The creators' suit said "because TikTok currently has approximately 170 million users in the United States, the fine for continuing to enable access to TikTok would be roughly $850 billion."
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