The court that upheld a law that could ban TikTok said the US showed no evidence China manipulates content.
TikTok denies content manipulation and says it expects the US Supreme Court to reverse the ban.
AdvertisementThe appeals court that upheld a law that could ban TikTok in the United States said the government offered no evidence that China is manipulating content on the platform in the United States.
The court concluded that Bytedance and TikTok have "a demonstrated history" of manipulating content in other countries, sometimes at the request of China.
Advertisement"That conclusion rests on more than mere speculation," the judges wrote in the court opinion.
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