“US Supreme Court most likely to uphold TikTok ban: details Most US Supreme Court justices are leaning toward upholding the law to ban TikTok because of its ties to China. The ban could take effect on January 19, 2025, unless ByteDance sells the app.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that on Friday, January 10, the judges asked sharp questions to the lawyers of the application and the group of creators of its content, as well as heard arguments about the law banning the social network.
The justices saw the ban, approved by Congress last year, not as primarily a First Amendment law, but rather as an attempt to regulate potential foreign control of an app used by 170 million Americans.
At the end of the meeting, the majority of judges are likely to uphold the ban, as there are concerns over TikTok’s ties to China.
The law, which would limit the social network’s operation in the United States, should take effect on January 19, if its Chinese parent company ByteDance refuses to sell the application, or if the Supreme Court does not decide to step in and temporarily block the law itself.
Earlier, the US Congress said that this law is necessary because ByteDance is controlled by the Chinese government, and the ability to collect huge amounts of personal information of American users poses a threat to national security.
Two US presidents – Donald Trump and Joe Biden – have also expressed concerns in the past about both the manipulation of content on the platform and its data collection methods.
Meanwhile, TikTok says these concerns are speculative and rejects any suggestion that the Chinese government plays any role in the selection of cat videos, recipes and news that millions of Americans watch on the app.
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The District of Columbia and 13 US states have filed lawsuits against TikTok, accusing it of causing addiction and negatively affecting teenagers. The states claim the platform uses algorithms to increase children’s viewing time.