More than 50 US lawmakers, 21 states back US DOJ in TikTok lawsuit

A group of 21 states and more than 50 U.S. lawmakers on Friday backed the Justice Department in its defense of a law that requires China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

“TikTok is a threat to national security and consumer privacy,” said a court filing led by the state attorneys general of Montana and Virginia. “Allowing TikTok to operate in the United States without severing its ties to the Chinese Communist Party exposes Americans to the risk of the Chinese Communist Party accessing and exploiting their data.”