Tik Tok

 NPR - What secret evidence does the U.S. government have against TikTok? That’s what the social media giant’s lawyers hope a judge will let them learn, according to new filings submitted  yesterday in its ongoing lawsuit against the Biden administration. TikTok hopes to halt the law that would shut the app down in January unless it’s sold. For more than four years, federal officials have outlined a case against TikTok saying its algorithm and data-collection practices could potentially be weaponized by the Chinese Communist Party. But when pressed for examples the government cites none. In a recent filing the Justice Department relies on unspecified fears the app’s parent company, ByteDance, “could be expected to comply with demands by the Chinese government to manipulate the algorithm,” referring to laws in China that would leave TikTok no choice but to bend to the demands of Beijing. TikTok now wants a “special master” appointed to sift through the government’s classified materials about the app.