TikTok Sues Over US Ban

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TikTok to begin appeal against being sold or banned in US

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Law was prompted by concerns that US users' data is vulnerable to exploitation by China 's government.

TikTok and ByteDance have repeatedly denied links to the Chinese authorities.

The companies sued to block the legislation in early May , calling it unconstitutional and an effective ban on the speech of its 170 million US users.

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