In interviews with Gizmodo, legal experts say TikTok has a point.
Limiting any of this speech would require pretty significant offenses on behalf of TikTok.
So far, Congress has not provided new evidence, only citing classified briefings for this law.
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But lets go down the laundry list of Congress allegations.
Senator Mark Warner called TikTok a propaganda tool of the Chinese Communist Party in a CBS interview on Sunday.
This all could be true, but propaganda is not illegal.
Americans have the right to hear dissenting opinions, including propaganda, and make their own judgments.
Thats a foundational piece of the First Amendment, so that argument will likely fall flat on its face.
Another argument against TikTok is over the apps alleged data collection practices, which could be a better case.
However, Congress only cites classified briefings to hold up these claims.
The judges who have seen some of the evidence at issue found it unconvincing.
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