TikTok Supreme Court Clash Pits Free Speech Against US Security

Jan. 10, 2025, 10:30 AM UTC

The future of the wildly popular social media platform TikTok rides on a US Supreme Court clash that pits national security against free speech – and one president against another.

The justices will hear arguments Friday, only nine days before a federal law is set to ban TikTok in the US if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.

The hastily scheduled session that starts at 10 a.m. will determine whether companies that host and distribute TikTok can continue to do so legally in the US, where the platform has 170 million users. Although TikTok creators are busily developing ...



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