The government's attempt to cut US users off from speaking and sharing on TikTok is extraordinary and unprecedented, said Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the ACLU's National Security Project.
TikTok has 170 million US users on its platform, about half of the country's population, and the prospect of banning the app has brought together unlikely allies.
ByteDance claimed that divestiture is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally, highlighting the complicated nature of the ongoing legal battles.
While ByteDance is based in China, TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US, asserting it isn’t under Chinese influence.
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