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Today's top stories TikTok has made its first major filing to challenge a law President Biden signed in April that would ban the app nationwide unless it is sold to a non-Chinese buyer. Lawmakers are concerned the Chinese government could use the app to spy on U.S.
citizens or spread propaganda. TikTok says the ban would violate the First Amendment. Internal documents reveal behind-the-scenes negotiations with the U.
S. government, including a roughly 100-page national security agreement that would have given U.S.
officials the ability to suspend the app if it became a threat. 🎧 These documents are a "big deal" because they show how far the company was willing to go to appease Washington's fears , NPR's Bobby Allyn tells Up First . Officials in Biden's administration told Allyn that anything short of Tiktok's separation from its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, was a "nonstarter.
" Allyn says the Supreme Court could ultimately decide on the case. If the ban is upheld, it would "further splinter the internet." If you've been making summer vacation plans lately, you may have noticed an option to pay a small fee for a carbon offset when purchasing plane tickets or car rentals.
Corporations essentially promise that they'll use your money to reduce or remove climate-heating pollution elsewhe.
