The Supreme Court is poised to uphold a federal law banning TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, divests from China. The law targets third-party companies essential to TikTok's operations, potentially leading to the app's removal from app stores and a degradation in service quality.
A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared inclined to uphold a federal law that would ban TikTok unless it divests from China -based parent Bytedance . The law, Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, targets third-party companies vital to TikTok's functioning. If the court challenge fails and TikTok forgoes a sale, the ban would take effect on Jan. 19, a day before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Experts say the measure would not penalize individuals for accessing or using the app, even after the ban takes hold. The law cracks down on TikTok by targeting third-party companies vital to the functioning of the platform. Mandatory withdrawal of the app from major app stores, such as those maintained by Google and Apple, would bar new users from downloading the app and prevent existing users from updating it. Without updates, the app would degrade in quality over time through inconveniences such as video-loading delays and performance glitches. A separate stipulation would also make it illegal for hosting companies to provide services for TikTok. Experts say TikTok would stop functioning if the firm's U.S.-based hosting companies stopped providing services. The social media giant could establish partnerships with hosting companies outside the U.S., but the service would likely be slower and glitchier, they added. Considering potential legal liability, TikTok will likely opt against efforts to preserve its U.S.-based platform in a modified form, experts added. Instead, services may simply come to a halt, as they did in India in the immediate aftermath of the country's 2020 ban
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