NY Attorney David Schwartz on How TikTok Users Will Be Affected If App Is Banned In USA @CBSNewYork

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Tik Tok could end up getting banned
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across the country under a new law just
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signed today so what will this mean for
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its millions of users cbs2's dick
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Brennan here now with more on that dick
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well Christina marce for now it means
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nothing but that could change us
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lawmakers say the popular app is
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actually a national security threat and
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now they've given the Chinese parent
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company by January of 2025 to sell it it
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says Tik Tock does it's ready to fight
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back you can't tell by the way
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my Tik Tok is a national sensation used
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by 170 million Americans and kids of all
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ages do you hear me I'm not I'm quy I'm
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tired I worked hard at school but today
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as part of a foreign aid bill it's a
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good day for America President Biden
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signed into law a potential ban on Tik
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Tok it requires Tik tok's Chinese own
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parent company to sell the app in 9
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months time legislators have long been
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concerned that Tik Tok could share data
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with the Chinese government government
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of China is literally using Tik Tok and
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we know this using Tik Tok both to
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collect data on individuals right on on
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families 150 plus million families in
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America and two uh that they are using
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it to spread disinformation but the US
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says it's not looking for a ban we're
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basically saying we got to pay attention
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to who the owner of Tik Tok is and pay
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attention to what that presents in terms
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of National Security issues we do not
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want a ban Tik Tok make no mistake this
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is a ban a a ban on Tik Tok and a ban on
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you and your voice Tik Tok CEO posted on
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Tik Tok of course that the company is
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planning a legal battle rest assured we
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aren't going anywhere we are confident
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and we will keep fighting for your
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rights in the courts the facts and the
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Constitution are on our side but the big
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question does Tik Tock have a chance in
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court it'll really be a fact-based issue
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as to who wins at the end of the day the
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United States because it's a
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constitutional issue they will need
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strong arguments they will need a
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compelling interest to overcome the
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First
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Amendment now under the law Biden could
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extend the deadline another 90 days if
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he determines the company has made
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progress toward a sale but core
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challenges could delay things for years
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beyond that so for now you can hold on
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to your app Christina maray going to be
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an interesting nine months we'll see all
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right dick thank you