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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is co-leading a 21-state coalition supporting a national ban on the social media app TikTok.
According to a press release from Miyares’ office, he and Austin Knudsen, the Attorney General of Montana, are the co-leaders of this multi-state coalition.
They have filed a brief asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that would require TikTok to either divest from its parent company, ByteDance, or be banned from use in America.
This is in response to TikTok and ByteDance filing a lawsuit against the federal government in an attempt to block this legislation.
“The attorneys general are asking the court to deny TikTok’s petition, asserting that Congress has the power to act in this matter of national security and foreign affairs,” the release reads.
The attorneys general believe that the app presents “significant threats to both national security and consumers’ privacy.”
