A majority of the Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of striking down a law that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owners, though the social media platform could live another day. The law in question, passed last year with strong bipartisan support and signed by outgoing President Joe Biden, would force the platform off of major app stores if China-based ByteDance does not relinquish its ownership. While justices appeared skep…

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U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of TikTok’s request to halt a federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 or cease U.S. operations.
Their comments came on Jan. 10 in a dramatic legal showdown nine days before the law is scheduled to take effect. Oral argument took place in TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland.
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of TikTok’s Bid to Overturn Forced Divestiture Law

"You're ignoring the major concern here" of China manipulating content through TikTok's industry-envied algorithm and harvesting user data, Chief Justice John Roberts tells TikTok lawyer, Trump's former solicitor general.

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Bezos, asbestos and ByteDance: SCOTUS skeptical of slippery-slope argument against TikTok ban

(States Newsroom) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days, saying the short-form video platform’s Chinese parent company does not enjoy First Amendment rights.
Lawyers for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and a group of the platform’s users faced sharp questions from justices on both sides of the court’s ideological split about how any party other than…

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Skeptical Supreme Court justices weigh a rescue of TikTok from nearing ban

Supreme Court justices posed tough questions to the lawyer representing TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Friday over a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan. 19 in the United States in a case that pits free speech rights against national security concerns. TikTok and ByteDance, as well as some users who post content on the app, have challenged a law passed by Congress with strong bipartisan…

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Supreme Court justices skeptical of TikTok’s free speech arguments ahead of potential ban

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days, saying the short-form video platform’s Chinese parent company does not enjoy First Amendment rights.

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U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of TikTok’s request to halt federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company. The post Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of TikTok’s Bid to Overturn Forced Divestiture Law appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments over a law that could force TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular short-video app or face a ban in … The post US Supreme Court Weighs TikTok Sale or Ban Law Amid Free Speech Concerns appeared first on .

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US Supreme Court Weighs TikTok Sale or Ban Law Amid Free Speech Concerns

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days, saying the short-form video platform’s Chinese parent company does not enjoy First Amendment rights. Lawyers for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and a group of the platform’s users faced sharp questions from justices

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