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San Francisco, California – TiktokThe CEO promised Wednesday to fight in the courts to reverse a recently signed US law that could see the popular app prohibited because of allegations that it is controlled by China’s government.
Tiktok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, has promised to fight a new law that could see the app prohibited if the company does not divest from Bythadance. © Olivier Douliery / AFP
The legislation gives TikTok nine months to divest from its Chinese Parent company, replacement dance, or be suspended from the US market.
The United States and other Western officials have claimed that the social media platform allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It has 170 million users in the United States alone, many of them young.
Critics say that Tiktok is also a leadership for spreading propaganda. China and the company strongly deny claims.
“Makes no mistake, this is a ban. A ban on Tiktok and a ban on you and your voice,” Tiktok Boss Shou zi chew said in a video published on Tiktok -Maid after President Joe Biden signed the bill in law.
“Politicians can say anything else but not be confused. Many who sponsored the bill admit that a Tiktok ban is the final goal.”
Chew called the move “ironic” given that “Freedom of speech on Tiktok reflects the same American values that make the United States a freedom.”
“Be sure we’re not getting anywhere,” Chew told the platform’s users. “We will continue to fight for your rights in the courts. The facts and constitution are on our side.”
The prohibition measure was included in a $ 95 billion foreign aid packageIncluding military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
President Biden has signed the bill that can lead to a ban on Tiktok after it passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate. © Jim Watson / AFP
The bill, which can trigger the rare step to prevent a company from working in the US market, passed the Senate with 79-18 voting three days after it Cleaned House of Representatives with strong two -party support.
According to the bill, BytaDance would have to sell the app or be excluded from Apple and Google’s app stores in the United States.
Tictok, for several years, has been in US authorities’ cross stoolWhich says the platform allows Beijing to snap on users in the United States.
The bill adopted by Congress also provides the US president’s authority to appoint other applications as a threat to national security if controlled by a country that is deemed hostile.
ELON MUSICthe billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, came out last week Augusts of Tiktok Countto say “to do so would contravene freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”
