U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok divestment law [View all]
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.
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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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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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