US court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September

&gt; <i>Driven by worries among U.S. lawmakers that China could access data on Americans or spy on them with the app,</i><p>There&#x27;s an arguable national security angle. Potential surveillance, and, especially, manipulation and dumbing-down.<p>Earlier, I also heard complaints about TikTok implications for individual health. Which, when implying US Big Tech social media as an acceptable alternative, sounds like an abusive parent: &quot;If anyone&#x27;s going to beat up my kids, it&#x27;ll be me!&quot;<p>Sounds like US Big Tech might&#x27;ve decided on the complaint angle of &quot;<i>some other country</i> could spy on people&quot; -- since all the other valid complaints about TikTok, including intimate surveillance, also apply to TikTok&#x27;s counterpart US Big Tech products.<p>Outlaw the irresponsible behaviors, not the competition.

Are people really that brainwashed that they don’t realize that the only reason tiktok is being banned is because of the Israel Lobby?<p>A foreign nation wants to ban it because it doesn’t serve its interest, this foreign nation happens to buy up all our politicians.

Is September a fast track though? Outside of IT I feel everything is moving at slow motion. Sure they need armies of lawyers but I assume they already hired a lot? Why not a direct ban but requires the army of lawyers to request an appeal? I bet this would send motions faster -- they won&#x27;t wait for 4 months.

The claim that this is is about national security is absurd. It&#x27;s about Palestine, and Blinken and Romney admitted as much.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.axios.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;salt-lake-city&#x2F;2024&#x2F;05&#x2F;06&#x2F;senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.axios.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;salt-lake-city&#x2F;2024&#x2F;05&#x2F;06&#x2F;senato...</a><p>&gt; Romney replied, &quot;Some wonder why there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down potentially TikTok or other entities of that nature. If you look at the postings on TikTok and the number of mentions of Palestinians, relative to other social media sites — it&#x27;s overwhelmingly so among TikTok broadcasts.&quot;

I know that US has liberal constitution and liberal market economy but putting aside national security risks; why would US let ByteDance reap billions of dollars in profit from US market when Google and Facebook are not allowed to participate in Chinese market and reap profits as well? You could argue that Facebook and Google could abide by Chinese censorship laws and then what? Strip down like 50% from overall content because it is not in line with CCP&#x27;s ideology?!

&gt; Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press<p>How can that be reconciled with abridging the freedom of speech of millions of citizens by requiring that their preferred press must only controlled by the government&#x27;s preferred owners?

Nobody talking about the elefant in the room: Palestine. It’s all about Pro-Palestinian protests and sentiments that are the reason for this ban.

&gt;consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok&#x27;s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.<p>This legislation was overwhelmingly bipartisan supported and placed under national security, in an election year, whose court case will happen by Dec. 6 in order to seek review from the Supreme Court if needed before Jan 19th ban. But the election is 1 month prior.<p>That this most likely will become an election issue where republicans and democrats can &#x27;be on the same page&#x27; about and show some unity.