The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.

The Supreme Court will hear TikTok’s challenge to the ban-or-sale law to consider whether it violates the First Amendment rights of of users and platform owners.

While Supreme Court justices pressed both sides in Friday’s oral arguments, experts say it’s hard to see how TikTok gets enough votes to survive.

Noel Francisco ... demands to censor content outside of China. Francisco said the record shows ByteDance hasn't "done anything here in the United States" with respect to TikTok, and it hasn ...

TikTok's lawyer danced around the question but said there is no precedent for a foreign government being subject to U.S. free speech laws. He then used a series of analogies, and it didn't seem like the Supreme Court judges were impressed by his answer.

Congress labeled the app’s Chinese ownership a national security risk and passed a law that would ban the social media platform unless it was sold. TikTok and creators say that violates their free speech rights.

But, the court concluded, “Congress has determined that divestiture ... At oral arguments on Jan. 10, TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, told the justices that TikTok would “go dark” in the United States if the company did not prevail in its ...

Noel Francisco ... is a platform used by about 170 million people in the United States, roughly half the country's population. Congress passed the measure last year with overwhelming bipartisan ...

TikTok could be banned in the United States in a little ... TikTok attorney Noel Francisco claimed that the Biden administration and Congress had failed to consider less restrictive means to ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning ... lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.

Noel Francisco ... TikTok is a platform used by about 170 million people in the United States, roughly half the country's population. Congress passed the measure last year with overwhelming ...

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