The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in a case challenging a ban of TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its owner, ByteDance, which is based in China. TikTok has repeatedly claimed that the law requiring the ban is a violation of First Amendment rights.
conservative Chief Justice John Roberts asked Noel Francisco, a lawyer for TikTok and ... and its government "could weaponize TikTok at any time to harm the United States." Prelogar said the First Amendment does not bar Congress from acting to protect ...
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act will compel ByteDance to sell its interest in TikTok.
TikTok is set to "go dark" on Sunday for its 170 million American users after the Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban the app that same day in the United States.
App gives ultimatum it would ‘go dark’ for 170 million American users on Sunday - TikTok said the Biden administration must give the likes of Google and Apple reassurances that they won’t be punished,
The wildly popular social video platform, which is used by about one-third of all Americans, was banned over national security concerns because of its Chinese ownership.
The Supreme Court acted speedily in the case, having held arguments on Jan. 10, just nine days before the deadline set under the law. The case pitted free speech rights against national security concerns in the age of social media.
WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Supreme Court upheld today a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell the short-video app by Sunday,
TikTok, ByteDance and several users of the app sued to halt the ban, arguing it would suppress free speech for the millions of Americans who use the platform.
The United States Supreme Court has upheld a federal law mandating that TikTok divest from its Communist Chinese ownership or be banned in the country