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We are fighting to protect the constitutional right to free speech for more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok every day.”
According to the TikTok CEO Okay, fine, I’ll buy it
The challenged provisions further an important government interest unrelated to the suppression of free expression and do not burden substantially more speech than necessary to further that interest,
The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.”
Trump posted on TruthSocial after the verdict The call was a very good one for both China and the USA. It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately,
I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
Chew said in a statement, while reiterating the company's free speech claims China is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, which submitted a brief in the case against TikTok TikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government's national security concerns,
the Supreme Court said in the unsigned opinion Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Beijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow and expert in US-China relations at the Hudson Institute think tank Oh my god, I'm speechless,
said Lourd Asprec, 21, of Houston, who has amassed 16.3 million followers on TikTok and makes an estimated US$80,000 a year from the platform This decision’s going to be made by the next president anyway,
I do believe that banning a social media app like TikTok is a violation of the First Amendment."
Over the past few days, it has become clear that, without action from you, TikTok will likely go dark on Sunday, with serious consequences for the 170 million Americans and 7 million businesses that rely on TikTok. A shutdown would be especially painful for creators in California who have been using the platform to share their stories and find resources during the tragic wildfires around Los Angeles."
Senators Cory Booker and Edward Markey said in a Thursday letter They've never been tried and found guilty of sharing information with the communist government or any of that,
the Kentucky senator said I think that's good from a rule of law point of view. I thought TikTok's arguments were exceptionally weak...There's no need for TikTok to shut down if China will allow TikTok to be sold. But for months now, Beijing has refused to entertain what I understand are multiple offers, substantial offers to purchase TikTok from all kinds of different people."
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley told reporters I haven't had a chance to read the ruling yet, but very disappointed,
he told reporters on Friday I've never been in favor of banning speech,
We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform — one who has used TikTok to express his own thoughts and perspectives, connecting with the world and generating more than 60 billion views of his content in the process."
Make no mistake, by allowing the ban to go into effect, the Supreme Court has weakened the First Amendment and markedly expanded the government’s power to restrict speech in the name of national security,
said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute
