Summary

TikTok plans to shut down its U.S. operations by January 19 unless the Supreme Court blocks a new law requiring its sale by Chinese parent company ByteDance.

The law, defended by the Biden administration as a national security measure, has been challenged by TikTok, ByteDance, and users as a violation of free speech.

The court, facing pressure from Trump to delay a decision, will hear arguments just days before the law’s implementation.

A shutdown could cost TikTok millions of users and ad revenue, with a ruling expected soon.

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    8 个月前

    I don’t think the government has the right to control what you do in your private time on your private device.

    [Laughs in War in Drugs.]

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        8 个月前

        I agree, but that doesn’t change the fact that restricting what people can do in their own homes has been deemed constitutional under the interstate commerce clause art least since Wickard v. Filburn.