The Justice Department late Friday filed its response to TikTok's civil suit aimed at derailing a law that would force the app to be sold or face a U.S. ban.
TikTok's suit in a Washington federal court argues that the law violates First Amendment rights of free speech.
The US response counters that the law addresses national security concerns, not speech, and that TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance is not able to claim First Amendment rights here.
The filing details concerns that ByteDance could...