A group of TikTok creators have joined the legal battle to prevent the app from being banned in the United States. There are eight creators The US government is trying to block a law that would require TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the service.
The lawsuit alleges that the Protecting Americans from Foreign Enemy-Controlled Applications Act is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of creators who depend on the platform. “They’ve found their voices, built significant audiences, made new friends, and encountered new and different ways of thinking—all thanks to TikTok’s new way of organizing, curating, and distributing discourse,” he said. . “Banning the TikTok law threatens to deprive them and the rest of the country of this unique means of expression and communication.”
The lawsuit comes a week after TikTok against the government. according to , the company is “paying” legal fees for the creators involved in the latest suit. It’s also a strategy that has worked for the company in the past. A group of Montana-based TikTok creators sued the state over the attempt state ban last year. This effort ultimately failed and the ban never went into effect. The Montana creators were currently represented by the same law firm that represented the eight creators involved in the last suit.
