US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok’s ban appeal

The US Supreme Court docket has agreed to listen to TikTok proprietor ByteDance’s enchantment of a legislation that would 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 People from International Adversary Managed Functions Act, is about to enter impact on January 19, the day earlier than President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The court docket didn’t provisionally block the legislation when saying it will 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 turn into a nationwide safety concern.

The Justice Division defended the law in lower courts, citing issues that the Chinese language authorities might affect the corporate and accumulate 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 legislation 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.