The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday (December 18) that it will hear TikTok’s emergency appeal challenging a federal law that could effectively ban the social media app in the United States until January 19, 2025.
The court scheduled oral arguments January 10The law is just over a week away from taking effect.
The center of the case is Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Acta bipartisan measure signed into law by the President of the United States Joe Biden earlier this year. legislative requirements Tik TokChinese parent company Byte bounce Sell the platform to a US owner or face a nationwide ban.
On Monday (December 16), TikTok’s lawyers submitted an emergency motion to the Department of Justice. United States Supreme Court Temporarily suspend the law. TikTok’s legal team cited the First Amendment, arguing that “by introducing the law, Congress imposed massive and unprecedented restrictions on speech against the app.”
Just two days after TikTok appealed, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. The court consolidated TikTok’s case with related challenges from app users and allotted two hours for oral arguments. The central question before the court was whether the law violated First Amendment protections.
In its order, the court set out an expedited timetable for the high-stakes case. Both parties must submit opening briefs, limited to 13,000 words by December 27the deadline for replying to the briefing is January 3. Any other party wishing to submit documents amicus curiae Briefings must be completed by December 27.
The timing is particularly important as the law is set to January 19just the day before he was elected president Donald Trump Take office. This provides a narrow window for courts to decide whether to block the law’s implementation. Earlier this week, Trump waded into the debate over TikTok’s future in the United States, telling a news conference that he had “a warm place in America.” [his] The app had an impact on the share of the youth vote he received in recent elections.
TikTok, it’s over 150 million US users argue that the law banning their apps in the US violates free speech rights and unfairly targets the company due to its Chinese ownership. TikTok has repeatedly insisted it does not share user data with the Chinese government.
TikTok said in its appeal to the Supreme Court that “a slight delay in the implementation of the bill will [the Supreme Court] Conduct an orderly review and let the new administration evaluate the matter before a critical channel of communication between Americans and their fellow citizens and the world is shut down.
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