The Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. Here's why.


finding it did not violate the First Amendment rights of theor its users.

The high court's unsigned decision clears the way for the law, passed last April, to take effect at midnight Sunday, and follows years of concerns raised by the federal government — during both the Trump and Biden administrations — about the risks TikTok poses to national security.

In defending the law before the Supreme Court, the Justice Department pointed to two main national security justifications: countering China's collection of data from TikTok's 170 million U.S. users and its purported ability to manipulate content on the app to further its geopolitical interests. Read more about Tiktok

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