US Supreme Court docket agrees to listen to TikTok’s ban attraction

The US Supreme Court docket has agreed to listen to TikTok proprietor ByteDance’s attraction of a regulation that might ban the app. The court docket took up the case (via NBC Information) unusually rapidly — solely two days after the corporate filed its appeal. Oral arguments are scheduled for January 10.

The law being challenged, the Defending Individuals from Overseas Adversary Managed Functions Act, is ready to enter impact on January 19, the day earlier than President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The court docket didn’t provisionally block the regulation when saying it might take up the case.

The invoice mandates that the app be banned if ByteDance doesn’t promote the platform to an American firm. It was handed with overwhelming assist in Congress and signed by President Biden in April. The argument was that TikTok had change into a nationwide safety problem.

The Justice Division defended the law in lower courts, citing considerations that the Chinese language authorities may affect the corporate and gather information about Americans. The US Court docket of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the legislation earlier this month.

ByteDance has claimed the regulation violates free speech rights, a place the ACLU has supported. Trump tried to ban TikTok throughout his first time period however modified his tune through the 2024 Presidential marketing campaign.