A panel of federal judges has raised doubts about TikTok's legal arguments in a crucial case that could decide the fate of the Chinese-owned video app in the United States. During a two-hour hearing at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, three judges posed probing questions to both TikTok and the US government about the law passed in April that requires ByteDance, TikTok's owner, to divest the app to a non-Chinese company before 19 January 2025 or face a ban in the country. The judges are expected to deliver a decision in the case before 6 December, with the losing party likely to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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