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Washington DC – The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Tiktokappeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the video sharing platform or turn it off.
The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Tiktok’s appeal against a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video dividend platform or turn it off. © Collage: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP & Julia Nikhinson / AFP
The Supreme Court planned oral arguments in the case of January 10, nine days before Tiktok is facing a ban unless switching off from the popular app.
The law, signed by president Joe Biden In April, TikTok would block American app stores and web hosting services unless the replacement dance sells its share by January 19.
TikTok claims that the law, Protect Americans from foreign opponents controlled application lawsviolates their first amendment rights for amendment.
“Congress has adopted a massive and outstanding speech restriction,” said TikTok, who claims to have more than 170 million American users each month, in a submission to the Supreme Court.
If the law were to come into force, it would “turn off one of America’s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration,” Tiktok said.
“This, in turn, will silence speech from applicants and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics, trade, art and other issues of public concern,” added it.
“Applicants – as well as countless small businesses that rely on the platform – will also suffer significant and irrevocable monetary and competitive injuries.”
The potential ban can exert the relations between US and China just like Donald Trump Prepares to accommodate as president on January 20.
Presidential election Donald Trump has emerged as an unlikely Tiktok Ally, despite having previously pressed a ban on the app. © Jeff Kowalsky / AFP
At a press conference on Monday Trump said he has done so “A warm place” for tictoc And that his administration would look at the app and the potential ban.
Trump has appeared as a unlikely Tiktok Ally In the midst of concern that a ban on the app would primarily benefit Meta, the Facebook mother company owned by Mark Zuckerberg.
Trump’s attitude reflects conservative criticism of meta for allegedly suppressing the right content, including the former president himself forbidden from Facebook after January 6, 2021, Capitol Riot by its followers.
Trump’s support for Tictok marks a turn from his first term of office, when the Republican leader tried to ban the app over similar security problems.
The US government claims that Tictok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It also says that the video service is a management to spread propaganda, although China and Bytenance strongly deny these claims.
A three-judge US appeal court earlier this month unanimously maintained the condition of the law That TikTok divests from Chinese ownership “is crucial to protecting our national security.”
