Racial justice, free speech groups join fight against potential TikTok ban
AP Business Writer
A dozen social and racial justice groups said Thursday that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, would disrupt a vehicle that many minority communities use to form connections online and advocate for causes. The legal brief was submitted to a federal court in Washington. And it comes as TikTok and its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance, are waging a consequential legal battle against a law that would disrupt the platform’s U.S. operation. On Wednesday, another group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law infringes on the First Amendment and makes it impossible for users to associate on the app.
