TikTok is in serious trouble, and teenagers across the land are demanding answers about the legal frameworks at issue. Well, maybe they are not exactly focused on the legal issues. But in case you are, here’s an explainer.
1. What is TikTok, and why is it in the news?
2. Can the executive branch force ByteDance to sell TikTok?
3. Can ByteDance litigate such a determination?
4. But there’s also much talk about a simple “ban” on TikTok. Is that just wishful thinking by parents, or is that a thing the President can do?
5. Fine, so he can “ban” it. But it’s on millions of phones in the US already. What would actually happen?
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Source: TikTok and the Law: A Primer (In Case You Need to Explain Things to Your Teenager) – Lawfare