The US Supreme Court has upheld a federal law enforcing a nationwide ban on the video-sharing platform TikTok, set to take effect tomorrow unless the app’s Chinese-owned parent company sells it to a US-based owner. The unanimous ruling, issued yesterday, supports Congress and the Justice Department’s assertion that TikTok, owned by ByteDance, poses a national security threat. In court, US lawmakers argued that the app could be used by the Chinese Communist Party for propaganda and user manipulation. The court concurred, citing TikTok’s connections to Beijing as adequate grounds for…
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Appeals Court Orders TikTok Sale or Shutdown by January 19
An appeals court has upheld a law requiring TikTok to be sold by January 19, 2024, or face a ban in the United States, citing national security concerns.
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