The Supreme Court will hear arguments on January 10th regarding TikTok's attempt to block a federal ban if the platform isn't sold by January 19th. This follows a lower court's rejection of TikTok's request for a temporary ban pause. TikTok, with over 170 million U.S. users, is challenging the sale-or-ban law on First Amendment grounds, arguing that a ban would infringe on users' free expression rights. While the D.C. Court of Appeals found merit in security concerns about potential data collection or content manipulation by the Chinese government, TikTok maintains that the ban violates free speech.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over TikTok's effort to block a federal ban on the platform if it's not sold by Jan. 19.The announcement from the Supreme Court comes days after a lower court rejected TikTok's request for a temporary pause of the ban. TikTok had argued that a pause would afford the Supreme Court time to weigh the case.
TikTok -- which boasts more than 170 million U.S. users -- challenged the sale-or-ban law on First Amendment grounds, arguing that a potential ban would limit the free-expression rights of its users. In a ruling earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected TikTok's bid to overturn the law. The court found merit in security concerns about potential data collection or content manipulation undertaken by the Chinese government.
If the Supreme Court upholds the ban, it will take effect one day before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has signaled he would consider seeking to reverse the measure. There is little evidence that TikTok has shared U.S. user data with the Chinese government or that the Chinese government has asked the app to do so, cybersecurity experts previously told ABC News."The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding Americans' right to free speech.
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