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US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments Over Potential TikTok Ban
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Main points
- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments from TikTok and several of its users on January 10, asking judges to block a law that would ban the social media site in the United States
- A law passed this year requires TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to sell the site by January 19.
- The government calls TikTok a national security threat because it provides information about Americans to the Chinese government, a charge that TikTok denies.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition next month from TikTok and several of its users to block a federal law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok in order to continue operating in the United States.
The high court ordered TikTok and the Justice Department to electronically file opening briefs by December 27 and respond to briefs by January 3. The high court held off ruling on the company’s request for an injunction pending oral arguments. These are now scheduled for January 10.
After a lower court hearing in Washington, D.C., the social media site appealed to the Supreme Court. uphold banThe plan will take effect on January 19 unless ByteDance spins off the popular website. In a Dec. 6 ruling, a three-judge panel agreed with the government that TikTok posed a potential threat to national security.
U.S. officials have accused TikTok of being used by the Chinese government to collect data on Americans. The company denies this and believes banning it would violate First Amendment rights to free speech.
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