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 (through NBC Information) unusually shortly — solely two days after the corporate filed its attraction. Oral arguments are scheduled for January 10.
The regulation being challenged, the Defending People from Overseas Adversary Managed Purposes 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 regulation 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 help in Congress and signed by President Biden in April. The argument was that TikTok had grow to be a nationwide safety difficulty.
The Justice Division defended the regulation in decrease courts, citing considerations that the Chinese language authorities might affect the corporate and gather information about Americans. The US Court docket of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the laws 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.