Published: December 20, 2024
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of law banning TikTok
By Movieguide® Contributor
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s appeal of the federal law that would ban the Chinese-owned company.
“Congress’s unprecedented attempt to single out applicants and prevent them from operating one of the most significant speech platforms in this nation raises serious constitutional concerns that this court is unlikely to allow to stand,” TikTok’s lawyers wrote in his request.
The potential TikTok ban has been the subject of much discussion over the past year. The US government requested that the company divest itself from Chinese parent company ByteDance – a request that TikTok has refused.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on January 10, 2025, giving them time to reconsider the proposed bill, which is set to come into force on January 19.
Amount reported that TikTok’s representatives and the court will “brief and argue the following issue: Whether the Protection of Americans from Foreign Adversaries Controlled Applications Act, as applied to petitioners, violates the First Amendment.”
According to court records, two hours have been set aside to hear arguments.
“We are pleased with today’s Supreme Court decision,” TikTok said in a statement about the agreement. “We believe the court will find the TikTok ban unconstitutional so that the over 170 million Americans on our platform can continue to exercise their freedom of expression.”
TikTok has faced a lot of resistance. On December 6, a panel of DC judges denied their attempt to overturn the law. A week later, an appeals court rejected their request to delay the law from taking effect.
Many are wondering if President-elect Trump will keep the law banning the app from going into effect.
At a recent press conference, he was noncommittal, speaking reporters, “Tiktok had an impact, so we’re looking at it. I have a little warm spot in my heart. I’ll be honest.”
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