Jan 17, 2025 · Petitioners are two TikTok operating entities and a group of U. S. TikTok users. We consider whether the Act, as applied to petitioners, violates the First Amendment. In doing so, we are conscious that the cases before us in-volve new technologies with transformative capabilities. This challenging new context counsels caution on our part.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a federal law that will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell off the U.S. company by Jan. 19.

Jan 10, 2025 · Supreme Court skeptical of ban on TikTok (Amy Howe, January 10, 2025) Parties file final briefs before Supreme Court hears TikTok case (Amy Howe, January 3, 2025)

Members of Congress justified this TikTok ban with claims that “Communist China is using TikTok as a tool to spread dangerous propaganda.”3 They de-scribed the speech available on TikTok as “bold at-tempts to infiltrate our country, spread propaganda.”4

poses a content-based restriction on TikTok Inc. The Act applies to “covered” applications and websites that (like TikTok) make the expressive choice to permit users to generate or share “text, images, videos, ... or similar content,” with an e eption for product, business, or travel r

Jan 10, 2025 · The Supreme Court on Friday was divided over the constitutionality of a federal law that would require social-media giant TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell it by Jan. 19. During two hours of oral arguments, the justices raised questions about whether ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Highlights of the Supreme Court Argument on TikTok 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 ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form ...

Jan 9, 2025 · TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at …

TikTok based on disagreement with the substance of the content posted by TikTok’s users and alleged editorial choices by TikTok Inc. in disseminating that content.