US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
17 January 2025 |
3:31 pm
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States on January 19. READ ALSO: TikTok CEO to attend Trump’s inauguration: US media In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law…
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States on January 19.
READ ALSO: TikTok CEO to attend Trump’s inauguration: US media
In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning the app.
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