TikTok claims the ban violates the First Amendment and is suing the US government.

In an attempt to halt the implementation of a law approved last month that would have required the Chinese owner of TikTok to either sell the app or have it blocked, the company is suing the US government. The case contends that the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act violates the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech and was filed on Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. According to the lawsuit, the law violates the First Amendment in a "unprecedented" way. "TikTok stated in the lawsuit that Congress has passed a law that prohibits every American from engaging in a distinctive online community with over a billion members, marking the first time in history that a single, named speech platform is subject to a permanent, nationwide ban."The company argues that invoking national security concerns is not a sufficient reason for restricting free speech, and that the burden is on the federal government to prove that thi