In a Friday ruling, the Supreme Court upheld TikTok’s legal ban.
According to the court’s decision,” Congress has determined that buyout is necessary to address its well-supported national security issues regarding TikTok’s data collection techniques and connection with a foreign adversary.” We draw this conclusion for the following causes:” We believe that the challenged procedures do not violate petitioners ‘ First Amendment privileges.”
In April, a bill passed by Congress to outlaw TikTok and any other “foreign attack controlled software” was signed into law by President Joe Biden. However, TikTok Inc. sued Attorney General Merrick Garland under the supervision of its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., alleging that the restrictions harmed the agency’s First Amendment rights to freedom of speech.  ,
However, the Supreme Court made a unanimous “per curiae” ruling on Friday night that the restrictions would go into effect on Sunday. However, it gives the president the option of “granting a one-time expansion of no more than 90 days” if he “makes certain qualifications to Congress regarding headway toward a competent divestiture” to make sure the software is” no more being controlled by a foreign attack.”
Defendants including TikTok Inc. argued the president’s” TikTok-specific foreign adversary controlled program classification” and “divestiture need” violate the First Amendment. But the Supreme Court noted the ban is” content neutral” and its provisions “do not target particular speech” . ,
The judge also went so far as to mention TikTok’s significant threat to national security. Its parent company ByteDance Ltd. “owns TikTok’s proprietary algorithm, which is developed and maintained in China”, according to the decision, and is “responsible for developing regions of the supply code” . ,
According to the decision,” ByteDance Ltd. is subject to Chinese regulations that require it to cooperate with the Chinese Government’s “intelligence job” and to ensure that the Chinese Government has” the right to access and control private information” the business holds.  ,
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., referred to TikTok as” a socialist detective app”.
ByteDance “negotiated with Executive Branch officials to develop a regional security agreement that may resolve those concerns” from 2021 to 2022, the court wrote, but “officials finally determined, nevertheless, that ByteDance Ltd.’s proposed agreement did not adequately’ mitigate the risks posed to U. S. regional security interests.'”
The bill prescribes enforcement such as” civil penalties” and “actions by attorney general” . ,
The team contributor for election integrity is Logan Washburn. He is a The College Fix flower 2025 brother. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo’s journal associate, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan grew up in rural Michigan but is originally from Central Oregon.
