DOJ Urges Court to Reject TikTok Lawsuit Challenging Divest-or-Ban Law

The DOJ said the Chinese regime could ‘covertly control’ TikTok’s algorithm to influence the content that users in the United States receive.

The download page for the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on Aug. 7, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by TikTok seeking to block a new U.S. law that could lead to a nationwide ban on the video-sharing app.

President Joe Biden signed the new law in April, requiring either the sale of the app by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, by next year or face its removal from app stores and web-hosting services.