TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have appealed to the Supreme Court to halt a law that would force the sale of the app or face a ban by January 19th on national security grounds. The company argues that the ban violates free speech rights. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the matter on January 10th.
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The challengers are appealing a lower court’s ruling that upheld the law. TikTok is used by about 170 million Americans. TikTok on Wednesday said it was pleased the court will take up the issue. “We believe the court will find the TikTok ban unconstitutional so the over 170 million Americans on our platform can continue to exercise their free speech rights,” the company said.
In their filing to the Supreme Court, TikTok and ByteDance said that “if Americans, duly informed of the alleged risks of ‘covert’ content manipulation, choose to continue viewing content on TikTok with their eyes wide open, the First Amendment entrusts them with making that choice, free from the government’s censorship.”
Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who unsuccessfully tried to ban TikTok during his first term in the White House in 2020, has reversed his stance and promised during the presidential race this year that he would try to save TikTok. Trump said on December 16 that he has “a warm spot in my heart for TikTok” and that he would “take a look” at the matter.In its decision, the D.C. Circuit wrote, “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States.
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