SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban

[Celerity]

Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting the stage for U.S. users to lose access Sunday

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/supreme-court-rules-to-uphold-tiktok-ban.html

The Supreme Court has upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday or face an effective ban of the popular social video app in the U.S.

ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app on Sunday. The app may still work for those who already have TikTok on their phones, although ByteDance has also threatened to shut the app down.

The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration, upholding the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act which President Joe Biden signed in April.

Under the terms of the law, third-party internet service providers like Apple and Google will be penalized for supporting a ByteDance-owned TikTok after the Jan. 19 deadline.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. No surprise

I think the ban is stupid, but Congress passed a law and Congress will have to act if Tiktok is to be available here in the US.

[Arazi]

3. Biden suspended enforcement of the law last night

He’s punting enforcement to Traitor

Edited to add link

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-executive-order-1e95d9836bf6f8c0c245ed1c3234d968

[AkFemDem]

6. Makes no sense

His administration wanted this ban! What is going on?

[Arazi]

8. Ayup... agreed

[newdeal2]

9. Politics

They don’t want to get the blame for this on their last day. And then have Trump turn around and “save” the app the next day, giving him an easy win.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Good. Make it a repug enforcement.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Cha-ching for Truth Social??

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Now there will be pressure for Musk to buy and then he'll control it.

[newdeal2]

5. So sell the app

I don’t understand why there’s no pressure on that front.

[hlthe2b]

7. Unanimous decision... interesting

[DeepWinter]

10. yep

Whenever it's unanimous, that says something. There was a real issue.