US Supreme Court leans towards TikTok ban over security concerns

posted in: All News, Lawsuits, Social Media, USA | 0

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a law that bans TikTok in the US over national security concerns unless its China-based parent company sells the platform ahead of a 19 January deadline.The Court’s nine justices heard from lawyers representing TikTok, and content creators that the ban would be a violation of free speech protections for the platform’s more than 170 million users in the US.The US government argued that without a sale, TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political manipulation.

Source: US Supreme Court leans towards TikTok ban over security concerns