TikTok Tells Court U.S. Could Protect National Security Without Ban

(Bloomberg) — TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. argued that the U.S. government could have enacted less restrictive alternatives to banning the app to address national security concerns. 

In a court filing Thursday, the company said it had negotiated a 90-page national security agreement with the federal government to offer “multi-layered safeguards and enforcement mechanisms,” but Congress disregarded that groundwork when enacting the TikTok ban earlier this year.