Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring the Chinese-owned company ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of the social media platform TikTok:
“I am proud to have joined my fellow state attorneys general last year in an amicus brief supporting the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act passed overwhelmingly by Congress. This act requires ByteDance, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, to divest its ownership of TikTok by January 19, 2025.
“The unanimous ruling protects Americans from being influenced and manipulated by a foreign adversary. It is now up to TikTok and its bosses in China to comply with the law of our land or face the consequences.
“Moving forward, I will continue my efforts to protect our citizens from the deceptive practices of TikTok through my ongoing litigation here in Arkansas. We must be vigilant across all fronts to keep our private information out of the hands of the communist Chinese government.”
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