All nine Supreme Court justices expressed deep skepticism of arguments made by the social media company TikTok on Friday that a law forcing its Chinese parent company to sell its U.S. subsidiary would unconstitutionally violate its free speech rights.
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ByteDance says it will not sell TikTok if the law is upheld. Instead, it will shut the platform down Jan. 19. Of course, TikTok could return if ByteDance reaches a deal in the future to sell the platform. The president is able to suspend the law’s application to TikTok only when such a deal is reached.
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