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TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government

TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government
Photo illustration of the Capitol building under the TikTok logo with a slash through it.
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images

TikTok — an app used to by 170 million Americans — now has its future resting in the hands of three judges. The company fought for its life during oral arguments on Monday only for the judges to express a great deal of skepticism towards TikTok’s case.

Attorneys for TikTok and a group of creators suing to block the law popularly known as “the TikTok ban” made their case before a panel of three judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Though the bill seeks a divestment of the app from its Chinese owner ByteDance by a January 19th deadline, the company says the ultimatum is in truth a ban that would stifle the speech of TikTok and its creators, and improperly limit the information Americans are able to receive.

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