Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review caseArguments have begun at the Supreme Court. First up is Noel Francisco, TikTok’s lawyer, who’s arguing that the US should halt the ban. He’s trying to convince the judges that the law passed by Congress last spring infringes on TikTok’s freedom of speech.Francisco said this isn’t about TikTok being a national security threat, but instead “the government’s real target, rather, is the speech itself.” Continue reading…
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Author : Dara Kerrand Blake Montgomery
Publish date : 2025-01-10 15:19:25
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