TikTok and ByteDance say the law 'would allow the government to decide that a company may no longer own and publish the innovative and unique speech platform it created.'
The law will 'silenc[e] the 170 million Americans who use the platform to communicate in ways that cannot be replicated elsewhere,' TikTok and ByteDance alleged.
The lawsuit claims that 'Congress has made a law curtailing massive amounts of protected speech,' and that the government cannot dictate the ownership of online platforms and speech forums.
The 'Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act' requires TikTok to be blocked in the US unless ByteDance sells the social network division to a non-foreign adversary entity.
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