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Free Speech. It’s the FIRST Amendment for a reason. Monday we will argue against the Biden Administration's forced sale and ban of TikTok—not because we think there aren’t enough cat videos in the world, but because the American people should be able to decide that for themselves. And before you flood the comments with national security claims consider this: if it is such a “threat” why didn’t the ban/sale take immediate effect? And why aren’t other Chinese apps included? And why is 25% of the governments briefs redacted—even from the plaintiff's legal team? While the Justice Department now says the ban is necessary because China might access TikTok’s databases of information about American users, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously when even the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has observed that China can readily access the same kinds of information in other ways, and when Congress could address data-collection concerns more effectively with a privacy law that limited what TikTok and other platforms can collect. Read one of our amicus supporters Jameel Jaffer thoughtful discussion of why this is one of the most important cases of the year: