Jan 17, 2025 · United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, [email protected], of any typographical or other formal errors. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . Nos. 24–656 and 24–657 . TIKTOK INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS 24–656 . v. MERRICK B. GARLAND ...

First, TikTok incorporated as a U.S. company speaking in the United States. The Act requires it to go dark unless ByteDance executes a qualified divestiture. Whether you call that a ban or a divestiture, one thing is clear: It's a burden on TikTok's speech, so the First Amendment applies. Second, the Act is content-based from beginning to end.

TikTok is provided in the United States by TikTok Inc.—an American company incorporated and headquartered in California, with thousands of U.S. employees. JA 483. TikTok Inc.’s ultimate parent is ByteDance Ltd., a privately held holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands that owns subsidiaries worldwide, including in China.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a federal law that will require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its Chinese parent company can sell off the U.S. company by Jan. 19.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Justice Department issued the following statements from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on the Supreme Court’s decision in TikTok, et al. v. Garland: “The Court’s decision enables the Justice Department to prevent the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTok to undermine America’s ...

Jan 17, 2025 · The U.S. Supreme Court officially upheld the law to ban the TikTok social media app on Friday, closing the door on the app's bid to continue functioning in the U.S. but leaving plenty of...

Jan 9, 2025 · In a collision between free speech and national security, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok, a digital age cultural phenomenon that roughly half the U.S. population uses for entertainment and information.

Jan 10, 2025 · Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban (Amy Howe, January 17, 2025) Supreme Court skeptical of ban on TikTok (Amy Howe, January 10, 2025) Parties file final briefs before Supreme Court hears TikTok case (Amy Howe, January 3, 2025)

Jan 17, 2025 · The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday in its challenge to a federal law requiring the popular short-video app be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be banned in the...

speech. Members of Congress justified this TikTok ban with claims that “Communist China is using TikTok as a tool to spread dangerous propaganda.”3 They de-scribed the speech available on TikTok as “bold at-tempts to infiltrate our country, spread propaganda.”4 2 107 CONG. REC. 17,815 (1961) (statement of Rep. Walter Judd);