TikTok, DOJ Seek ‘Prompt’ Consideration of Legal Challenge to Law Forcing Divestment

TikTok and the Justice Department jointly requested on Friday that a federal appeals court expedite consideration of a challenge to a new law that mandates the app divest from its Chinese parent company or be banned in the United States over national security concerns. The petition states, “In light of the large number of users of the TikTok platform, the public at large has a significant interest in the prompt disposition of this matter.” The request was filed jointly by TikTok, its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, a group of content creators who joined the petition, and the DOJ. According to a joint motion filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, they agree that the court should expedite its decision by Dec. 6 to allow time for a potential Supreme Court review before the Jan. 19, 2025, deadline mandated by the law....