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TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Bill Requiring Sale

TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Bill Requiring Sale

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TikTok parent company ByteDance today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an effort to put a stop to the bill requiring TikTok to be sold off to a non-Chinese company in a matter of months, or face a U.S. ban. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that passed in April requires ByteDance to divest its TikTok ownership within nine months, with the possibility of a three-month extension if a deal is in progress. If TikTok is not sold off, the bill will prevent app stores and companies in the U.S. from providing the TikTok app to users. As of now, TikTok will be forced to shut down on January 19, 2025. ByteDance calls the act “obviously unconstitutional,” and says that there is no path for TikTok to continue operating in the United States. The 270-day timeline is “not possible,” and even if it were, the company claims that the act is still an “extraordinary and unconstitutional assertion of power.” If upheld, it would allow the government to decide that a …

TikTok sues over U.S. ban; U.S. pauses Israel bomb shipment

TikTok sues over U.S. ban; U.S. pauses Israel bomb shipment

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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns they would be used in densely packed areas like Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are taking refuge. The decision comes as the State Department is expected to release a legal review of Israel’s conduct during the war and whether it has violated U.S. and international law. This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday. AP Several other countries that export weapons to Israel are doing similar legal reviews, NPR’s …

Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender health care rule

Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender health care rule

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Florida’s top prosecutor and a Catholic medical group on Tuesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a rule that they say will force doctors to provide gender transition care against their judgment or face heavy penalties. The lawsuit by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Catholic Medical Association (CMA), filed in federal court in Tampa, takes aim at a new rule, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Services (HHS) on Monday that would ban discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity. The rule is based on an anti-discrimination provision within the Affordable Care Act, the national health insurance law better known as Obamacare, which forbids sex discrimination. In their complaint, Moody and CMA say the new rule goes beyond the anti-discrimination law. They say it would force doctors to provide, and insurance to pay for, treatments including puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for transgender minors and adults against their medical or ethical judgment. They also said the rule conflicted with a Florida law banning such treatments, which are known …

TikTok sues US government as it tries to block law that could ban app | Science & Tech News

TikTok sues US government as it tries to block law that could ban app | Science & Tech News

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TikTok is suing the US government over a law that seeks to force the app’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell it within nine months or ban its use in America. The popular video-sharing platform is trying to block the recently passed bill, arguing it violates the US constitution, including the first amendment which protects free speech. The bill, officially known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was signed by President Joe Biden on 24 April and gives TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance until 19 January next year to sell the app to another company or face a ban. The measure was passed overwhelmingly in Congress last month amid worries among US politicians that China could access data on American people or spy on them with the app. TikTok denies it has or ever would share US user data, accusing American politicians of pushing “speculative” concerns. More than one billion people use TikTok worldwide, including 170 million in the US, which is the country with the platform’s biggest audience. The lawsuit, which …

TikTok Sues the US Government to Stop a Potential Ban

TikTok Sues the US Government to Stop a Potential Ban

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TikTok sued the US federal government on Tuesday, arguing that the possible app ban violates the First Amendment. Last month, President Biden signed a bill that forces TikTok and its Chinese owner, Bytedance, to divest its ownership of the app or face a nationwide ban. At the time, TikTok said that it planned to sue, calling the law unconstitutional. In the lawsuit, TikTok says that the law violates the First Amendment and the divesting requirement is “simply not possible.” “If Congress can do this, it can circumvent the First Amendment by invoking national security and ordering the publisher of any individual newspaper or website to sell to avoid being shut down,” the lawsuit said. “And for TikTok, any such divestiture would disconnect Americans from the rest of the global community on a platform devoted to shared content—an outcome fundamentally at odds with the Constitution’s commitment to both free speech and individual liberty.” TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. Responding to the law’s enactment last month, a TikTok spokesperson told …

TikTok sues U.S. ban in court, says it violates the first amendment

TikTok sues U.S. ban in court, says it violates the first amendment

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TikTok’s suit is in response to a law passed by Congress giving ByteDance up to a year to divest from TikTok and find a new buyer, or face a nationwide ban. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok’s suit is in response to a law passed by Congress giving ByteDance up to a year to divest from TikTok and find a new buyer, or face a nationwide ban. Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok and its parent company on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against the United States over a law that President Biden signed last month, which would outlaw the app nationwide unless it finds a buyer within a year. In the petition filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the company said the legislation exceeds the bounds of the constitution and suppresses the speech of millions of Americans. “Banning TikTok is so obviously unconstitutional, in fact, that even the Act’s sponsors recognized that reality, and therefore have tried mightily to depict the law not as a ban at all, …

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

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Less than two weeks after President Biden signed a bill that will force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the United States, TikTok said it sued the federal government on Tuesday, arguing the law was unconstitutional. TikTok said that the law violated the First Amendment by effectively removing an app that millions of Americans use to share their views and communicate freely. It also argued that a divestiture was “simply not possible,” especially within the law’s 270-day timeline, pointing to difficulties such as Beijing’s refusal to sell a key feature that powers TikTok in the United States. “For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than one billion people worldwide,” the company said in the 67-page petition it provided, which initiates the lawsuit. “There is no question: The act will force a shutdown of TikTok by Jan. …

Father sues daughter over co-owned properties worth more than S million, wins suit that ‘split the family’

Father sues daughter over co-owned properties worth more than S$11 million, wins suit that ‘split the family’

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EVIDENCE LEANS TOWARDS FATHER’S VERSION Justice Choo noted Mr Lim’s testimony was “without embellishment and without guile”, saying that despite being illiterate, he appeared “forthright” under cross-examination. “I believe him when he said that it was the defendant (Ms Lim) who ‘put her name on the documents herself’,” the judge said, adding that he would have accepted Mr Lim’s evidence that he had bought the properties as investments for himself.  “But I need not rely just on my acceptance of the claimant’s testimony alone. The evidence on the whole incline towards the claimant’s version.” Bringing up the first two disputed properties, which were bought in 2004, Judge Choo said it was “clear to me” that Mr Lim selected and bought them once the terms were acceptable to him.  On Mr Lim not knowing those two properties were purchased under joint names, he highlighted his illiterateness and noted that the “documentation for each property were done only once and thereafter, kept away”. “The claimant had no interest in checking document he could not read and it was …

Dan Schneider sues “Quiet on Set” for defamation, citing the show as a “hit job” on his reputation

Dan Schneider sues “Quiet on Set” for defamation, citing the show as a “hit job” on his reputation

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The fallout of exposé “Quiet on Set” continues to reverberate in Hollywood.  The bombshell Investigation Discovery series revealed a myriad of shocking revelations about the systemic abuse at Nickelodeon through interviews with numerous former child actors. While the series received a strong and generally positive response from viewers, ultimately becoming Max’s biggest streaming title, there has been some backlash regarding the ethics of how the docuseries was made. Child actors like Raquel Lee Bolleau and Alexa Nikolas have stated that they feel like the people behind “Quiet on Set” have used their traumatic experiences as a way to cash in on success and money. But now, Dan Schneider  – the former Nickelodeon creator of shows like “iCarly,” “The Amanda Show” and “Drake and Josh” –  has become the first to take legal action against the show’s producers, accusing the show of defaming him and painting him as a child sex abuser.  In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday and obtained by Variety, Schneider’s attorneys stated that “‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job.” The lawsuit named Warner Bros. …

Jewish student sues Columbia for failing to provide a safe environment amid campus protests

Jewish student sues Columbia for failing to provide a safe environment amid campus protests

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An anonymous Jewish student filed a lawsuit Monday against Columbia University, alleging that the Ivy League school has failed to provide “a safe educational environment” for its students amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests.  In the lawsuit, the second-year student claims that since demonstrators established a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” more than a week ago, she and other openly Jewish students have felt increasingly at risk of harassment and even physical harm.  “The encampment has been the center of round-the-clock harassment of Jewish students, who have been punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes and moving freely about campus, and targeted by pro-terrorist hate speech–– both verbal and in written form on massive banners and signs––with statements such as: “Death to the Jews”; “Long live Hamas”; “Globalize the Intifada,” the lawsuit said. In addition to safety concerns, the lawsuit also criticizes the administration’s decision to shift to a “hybrid” model of education for the remainder of the academic year, arguing that this response not only disrupted thousands of students’ educational experience but has also isolated Jewish students …