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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of TikTok Ban as Some Supporters Realize It’s a Bad Idea

“I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us,” writes Justice Gorsuch.

ByteDance,theChineseparentcompanyofthepopularsocialmediaappTikTok,wasdealtadefeatbytheSupremeCourtonFriday.Thejusticesruled9–0thataforcedsaleofTikTokcanproceed.IfByteDancedoesnotagreetoselltheapptoanAmericanbuyerbySunday,TikTokwillbebannedonU.S.smartphones. ThejusticesupheldCongress’sforcedsaleofTikTok,writingintheirpercuriamopinionthatthelawisconstitutionalbecauseitnarrowlyaddressesanationalsecurityconcern—theChinesegovernment’sacquisitionofAmericanusers’data—inaspeech-neutralway.Evenso,thedecisionexpressessomeconcernsaboutwhetherthisisactuallythecase,repeatedlynotingthattheCourthadjustalimitedtimeframetoconsiderthecase,whichinvolvestheapplicationofcherishedFirstAmendmentnormstonewtechnologies. “AsJusticeFrankfurteradvised80yearsagoinconsideringtheapplicationofestablishedlegalrulestothe‘totallynewproblems’raisedbytheairp