US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok ban case

The US Supreme Court has accepted TikTok's lawsuit and scheduled it for hearing before the social network is banned in the US.

The US Supreme Court on December 18 agreed to consider TikTok's lawsuit against a US law that requires parent company ByteDance to divest from TikTok or the platform must be banned.

President Joe Biden signed the law in April, and ByteDance has until January 19, 2025, to divest TikTok. If it fails to comply, TikTok will be removed from app stores and web hosting services in the US.

The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider TikTok's lawsuit

TikTok argues that the law violates the First Amendment right to free speech. If implemented, the law would shut down one of the most popular speech platforms in the United States, a day before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated. TikTok has 170 million users in the United States.

“This legislation would silence the voices of the plaintiffs and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics , commerce, the arts, and other issues of public concern,” TikTok said in a statement. The lawsuit is filed by TikTok, ByteDance, and a group of content creators on the platform.

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The US Supreme Court will hold a hearing on January 10, 2025, nine days before the deadline, to hear arguments from the parties. TikTok is pleased with the decision and believes the court will determine the ban is unconstitutional.

Previously, the appeals court unanimously upheld the content of the above law, saying that the Chinese parent company's divestment from TikTok was core to protecting national security.

The US government accuses TikTok of allowing China to collect data and track users, and of being a propaganda tool for Beijing. China and ByteDance deny these allegations.

President-elect Trump once opposed TikTok but has now changed his mind. He is concerned that banning TikTok will benefit other social networks, especially billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook. Mr. Trump was suspended by Facebook after the riot at the US Congress on January 6, 2021.

Earlier this week, Mr. Trump said he had a warm spot for TikTok, and that the incoming administration would review the platform and the ban.

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