RFK Jr. threatens to challenge TikTok ban: It’s just a ‘smoke screen’

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to challenge a potential TikTok ban Friday, as efforts to block the video app in the U.S. came closer to reality earlier this week.

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

“Intelligence agencies from lots of countries, especially ours, are harvesting your data from everywhere all the time,” he added.

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