Supreme Court Justices appeared skeptical on Friday that a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance, or be banned from the U.S., violates the First Amendment. The exception ...

Noel Francisco. TikTok and some of its users sued to block the measure, saying it violates their free speech rights under the Constitution’s First Amendment. The court is weighing those ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in a case challenging a ban of TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its owner, ByteDance, which is based in China. TikTok has repeatedly claimed that the law requiring the ban is a violation of First Amendment rights.

TikTok and ByteDance argued that the law, set to take effect Jan. 19, violates First Amendment rights of ... has to stop controlling TikTok.” Noel Francisco, a lawyer representing TikTok and ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark First Amendment case on Friday that will determine the fate of TikTok in the United States ... TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, and Jeffrey ...

Represented by Noel Francisco, TikTok argued the law violates First Amendment free speech ... sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States. According to a report by news agency ...

The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Friday to uphold a law that would force a sale or ban the popular short-video app TikTok in the United States by Jan. 19, with the justices focusing on the national security concerns about China that prompted the crackdown.

Noel Francisco ... expressed serious concerns about its First Amendment implications. TikTok is a platform used by about 170 million people in the United States, roughly half the country's ...

"This case ultimately boils down to speech," TikTok counsel Noel Francisco said ... at any time to harm the United States," Prelogar said. "There is no protected First Amendment right for a ...

The Supreme Court acted speedily in the case, having held arguments on Jan. 10, just nine days before the deadline set under the law. The case pitted free speech rights against national security concerns in the age of social media.

The Supreme Court on Friday heard oral arguments in the case involving the future of TikTok in the U.S., which could ban the app as soon as next week.

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