TikTok ban: supreme court appears inclined to uphold law that could see app barred in US – live
Justices appear skeptical of TikTok owner’s arguments after Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked court to review case
TikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.
Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments.
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