Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he will challenge the TikTok ban, calling it unconstitutional

Democrat-turned-Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would challenge the recent TikTok ban signed by President Joe Biden, arguing it is unconstitutional.

“I’m going to file a lawsuit challenging the TikTok ban on Constitutional grounds,” Kennedy Jr. wrote on the social media platform, X. “Don’t be fooled — the TikTok ban is not about China harvesting your data. That’s a smoke screen.”

Recently, Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes a provision to ban TikTok in the U.S. unless the owner divests it in nine months to a year. 

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has said it does not have plans to sell the smartphone app.

"TikTok isn't even majority Chinese-owned, and the company agreed to put its data behind a U.S. firewall. The Biden administration rejected that deal," Kennedy Jr. wrote on X. 

He continued by stating that this ban shows that neither party cares for the rights of everyday Americans.

"The TikTok ban is yet another example of how neither political party has any compunctions about sacrificing your freedoms, rights, and choices, when it serves their political interests," he said.