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US Supreme Court Legally upheld On Friday this may lead to Ban on TikTok In the United States this Sunday.
“There is no doubt that TikTok, for more than 170 million Americans, provides a distinctive and broad outlet for expression, a means of engagement, and a resource for community,” the court’s unanimous ruling said. “But Congress determined that divestment was necessary to address well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary.”
For more than five years, US government officials have tried to ban or force the sale of TikTok, accusing the Chinese-owned company of sharing US user data with the Chinese government and filling feeds with pro-China propaganda. Congress and agencies like the FBI have not provided the public with much information confirming these claims, but they have taken a variety of different approaches to ban TikTok.
Reacting to the decision, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said She released a video on the platform He thanked incoming President Donald Trump for supporting the app. “We are grateful and thrilled to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform,” Chiu said. “A person who used TikTok to express his own thoughts and point of view, connect with the world and achieve more than 60 billion views of his content.” In this process.
Chiu did not comment on whether TikTok would be officially shut down on Sunday, but said: “Rest assured, we will do everything we can to ensure our platform thrives as your online home for limitless creativity and discovery, as well as a source of inspiration and exploration.” Joy for years to come.”
In 2020, former President Donald Trump attempted to do so for the first time On TikTok Through a failed executive order. Eventually, President Joe Biden signed a bill on April 24, 2024, requiring TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a US owner by January 19 or be removed from US app stores. In a rush to stave off a ban, TikTok and a group of creators quickly filed lawsuits against the Justice Department, arguing that the law, the Protecting Americans from Controlled Foreign Apps Act, violated their First Amendment rights.
In oral arguments on Friday, TikTok lawyers Noel Francisco and Jeffrey Fisher, who represent the creators, tried to make that argument. For the government, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said the law did not violate the defendants’ free speech rights, and instead cut off the app from ByteDance and Chinese influence.
“Without question, the remedy chosen by Congress and the President here is dramatic,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion. He added: “I do not know whether this law will succeed in achieving its goals.” A determined foreign adversary may merely seek to replace one missing surveillance application with another. As time passes and threats evolve, less dramatic and more effective solutions may emerge.
In its opinion, the court cast doubt on TikTok’s central argument that the law violates the company’s rights to free expression, writing that “the impugned provisions are content-neutral.” The law does not appear to regulate the speech of TikTok or its creators, the justices wrote, and instead targets the app and ByteDance’s corporate structure.
