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Eight TikTok creators filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Tuesday, arguing that a new law forcing a sale or ban the popular video-sharing app violates their First Amendment rights. The law “bans an entire medium of communication and all the speech communicated through that medium, even though, at the very least, the vast majority of that speech is protected,” the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., states.
She launched a cookie company and published a cookbook as a result of her success on the app. “Losing the platform would be losing not only my income but my most effective means of connecting with people around the world,” she said in a statement. “I’m proud to be part of this lawsuit and to stand up for everyone who counts on TikTok like I do.” TikTok, which boasts 170 million American users, has been under scrutiny by lawmakers for several years.
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