Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S., leaving the matter to Trump Did the TikTok ban get extended? Supreme Court decision to keep TikTok ban in place In a Friday ruling,
That decision shifts the focus to whether President-elect Donald Trump can intervene after he takes office on Monday.
The Supreme Court appeared ready to uphold a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell the widly popular platform.
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The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
TikTok's lawyer danced around the question but said there is no precedent for a foreign government being subject to U.S. free speech laws. He then used a series of analogies, and it didn't seem like the Supreme Court judges were impressed by his answer.
Congress labeled the app’s Chinese ownership a national security risk and passed a law that would ban the social media platform unless it was sold. TikTok and creators say that violates their free speech rights.
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The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law requiring TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell it to a non-Chinese company by Sunday or face a ban in the U.S.