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 TikTok, along with its Chinese parent company ByteDance, has launched a legal battle against the U.S. government over a new law requiring it to sell the app. This move is a direct response to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Enemy Control Applications Act (PAFCA), signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024. The law gives ByteDance a deadline of January 19, 2025, to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company or face a ban from U.S. app stores and web hosting services, effectively A nationwide ban on the app will be enforced. TikTok's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, argues that the law limits the First Amendment rights of 170 million U.S. users by restricting their ability to freely express and communicate on the platform. They claim that it violates their rights. The company said the law would create a permanent nationwide ban on a single designated audio platform, meaning that all Americans would not be able to access ...