"The court issued its ruling less than a year ago, but it is already obvious that the deference the court gave to the government's national security arguments was spectacularly misplaced. The principal effect of the court's ruling has been to give our own government enormous power over the policies of a speech platform used by tens of millions of Americans every day a result that is an affront to the first amendment and a national security risk in its own right."
"Congress passed the TikTok ban in 2023 citing concerns that the Chinese government might be able to access information about TikTok's American users or covertly manipulate content on the platform in ways that threatened US interests. The ban was designed to prevent Americans from using TikTok starting in January 2025 unless TikTok's China-based corporate owner, ByteDance Inc, sold its US subsidiary before then."
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2023 law banning TikTok, granting significant deference to the government's national security claims. The ruling has given the U.S. government broad authority to dictate policies on a speech platform used by tens of millions daily, undermining First Amendment protections and generating a separate national security concern. Congress enacted the ban over fears that the Chinese government could access U.S. user data or covertly manipulate content, and required ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. subsidiary by January 2025. Many advocates expected intense judicial skepticism, noting legislators admitted censorial motives to suppress pro-Palestinian content.
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