TikTok Appeals to Supreme Court to Block U.S. Ban
In a critical legal maneuver, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to prevent a federal law that threatens to ban the popular social media app in the United States. With a deadline looming on January 19, the company is seeking urgent intervention from the highest court to halt the enforcement of the law, which would require ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok or face a complete ban. This appeal follows a series of setbacks in lower courts, where TikTok's arguments against the law were dismissed.
The company argues that the law violates the First Amendment, emphasizing the importance of free speech in its appeal. TikTok stated, “The Supreme Court has a proven track record of upholding Americans’ right to free speech,” and urged the court to apply strict scrutiny to the proposed ban. The urgency of the situation is compounded by President-elect Donald Trump's previous comments expressing a desire to
