ByetDance-owned TikTok has defended itself against the U.S. government’s attempts to enforce a sale or ban of the platform, citing its First Amendment rights. What Happened: TikTok’s legal team has made the First Amendment a central part of their challenge to the federal law that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok to an approved buyer or face a ban. Last month, the U.S. Justice Department argued that TikTok and its parent company were not entitled to First Amendment protections as they are “foreign organizations operating abroad.” Now the short-form video platform has argued that TikTok’s U.S. …
