Now that TikTok has finally reached the end of its legal options in the US to avoid a ban, somehow its future seems less clear than ever. The Supreme Court couldn’t have been more direct: the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,
The Supreme Court unanimously found the new law that could lead to a ban of TikTok does not violate the First Amendment rights of the platform or its users.
The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that the app TikTok owned by China’s ByteDance must sell itself or be banned in the U.S.
Donald Trump had asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok’s ban-or-sale law to give him an opportunity to act once he returns to the White House.
The US Supreme Court upheld a law to force TikTok’s sale from a Chinese state-owned firm, even as President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have sought to block the divestment.
The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech protections for the app's more than 170 million users it says it has in the US.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the social-media platform or face a ban in the U.S., raising the prospect that the app goes “dark” Sunday for its 170 million users in the country.
The Supreme Court did not give TikTok a last-minute stay of execution. In an unsigned opinion with no dissents, the justices sided with a lower court that upheld the constitutionality of the law that could ban the popular social media service if it is not sold by midnight Sunday.
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.
Justices shot down concerns from the app and content creators that the law violates their First Amendment rights.
The Supreme Court upheld the law banning TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, couldn't facilitate a sale.