The Supreme Court is deciding whether to uphold a law banning TikTok in the US. If the bill is upheld, the company will be blacklisted in the US unless it finds new ownership by January 19. TikTok argues that the ban violates the First Amendment, whereas the US government cites the company's Chinese ownership as a national security concern.
Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell's Tech Policy Institute, joins Josh Lipton and Julie Hyman on Market Domination to share her insights on the ongoing legal battle.
Supreme Court justices appeared unpersuaded by TikTok’s free speech argument, which could suggest the Supreme Court is leaning toward prioritizing national security to uphold the law. Kreps notes, "The First Amendment does not apply to foreign ownership."
"I would expect that [the Supreme Court] will uphold [the ban,]" Kreps says. "I think that has more to do not with today's arguments as much as historical precedent ... the courts are not well versed in national security, and they don't want to have to adjudicate those kinds of decisions, so they generally will defer."
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This post was written by Josh Lynch