U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok divestment law

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Source: CNBC

Published Wed, Dec 18 2024 11:08 AM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear arguments that a law that would effectively ban TikTok if its parent company does not sell the popular social media app violates the U.S. Constitution’s free speech protections. The Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments in the case for Jan. 10. That is nine days before the law targeting the app used by an estimated 170 million Americans is set to take effect.

The law would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app or force Google, Apple, and other platforms to stop supporting the app in the United States.

Congress passed the law, the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, due to concerns that TikTok’s Chinese ownership presented a national security risk. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the law on Dec. 6, ruling that the DOJ had “offered persuasive evidence demonstrating that” the divestment law “is narrowly tailored to protect national security.”

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear challenges to the law filed jointly by TikTok and ByteDance, as well as by a group of TikTok users. Those users include a rancher who produces short-form videos about agricultural issues, a woman who creates videos about parenting and mental health, and another woman who advocates for sexual assault survivors.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments.html

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U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over TikTok divestment law

Published Wed, Dec 18 2024 11:08 AM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear arguments by TikTok seeking to block a law that could lead to a ban of the popular social media app pending the company's appeal of a lower-court ruling upholding the law.

The Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments in the case for Jan. 10, nine days before the law is set to take effect. The high court's order came two days after TikTok filed its petition seeking an injunction against the law.

"Congress's unprecedented attempt to single out applicants and bar them from operating one of the most significant speech platforms in this nation presents grave constitutional problems that this court likely will not allow to stand," the company said in that application.

The law would require TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app by Jan. 19 or force Google, Apple and other platforms to stop supporting the app in the United States. Congress passed the law, the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, over concerns that TikTok's Chinese ownership presented a national security risk.

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Published Wed, Dec 18 2024 11:08 AM EST Updated 1 Min Ago


The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear arguments by TikTok seeking to block a law that could lead to a ban of the popular social media app pending the company's appeal of a lower-court ruling upholding the law.

The Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments in the case for Jan. 10, nine days before the law is due to take effect. The high court's order came two days after TikTok filed its petition seeking an injunction against the law.

The law would require TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app by Jan. 19 or force Google, Apple and other platforms to stop supporting the app in the United States.

Congress passed the law, known as the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, over concerns that TikTok's Chinese ownership presented a national security risk.


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1. The Tik-Tok think is a scam

My paranoid rant of the day:

They ban Tik-Tok now (2025) which will alienate and turn off young people whose entire social life is in orbit around the app. Dems are thinking - yay, Repubs are in charge during the Tik-Tok ban, this will sour youth on Repubs so we can campaign on restoring Tik-Tok and get young votes in the next election.

Then, right before the 2026 election, Trump and the Repubs suddenly do a 180 (or the work behind the scenes to mysteriously get Tik-Tok sold to a US concern at the last minute) and get Tik-Tok un-banned. The youths have a dopamine rush - and spontaneous, satisfying, unstoppable boners - and feel so good about the Repubs' reversal, that they vote for Repubs in droves.

There's a hidden agenda here. It ain't about Tik-Tok and the data it collects. (Many apps collect the same data.) It's about manipulating Tik-Tok's popularity for their own benefit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Supreme Court agrees to hear case over TikTok ban

This will be interesting.

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/supreme-court-tiktok-ban

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether a controversial ban on the social media app TikTok violates the First Amendment, adding a major case to its docket this term just before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The high court agreed to expedite the case and hear arguments on January 10.

TikTok’s appeal to the Supreme Court thrusts the justices into a high-profile fight between Congress, which has cited national security concerns over China’s control of the app, and the platform’s users and executives, who argue that the ban violates the First Amendment.

Congress passed the ban with bipartisan support earlier this year, and President Joe Biden signed it into law in April. It came in response to years of concern in Washington that TikTok’s Chinese parent company poses a national security risk.

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3. Well...good!