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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 opinionAuthoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Garland addedOh my god, I'm speechless,
said Lourd Asprec, 21, of Houston, who has amassed 16.3 million followers on TikTok and makes an estimated $80,000 a year from the platformBeijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow and expert in U.S.-China relations at the Hudson Institute think tankIt’s looking like the TikTok fan is going to happen, and I have a lot of American followers, but who knows how this is going to trickle down to the rest of the world and maybe impact TikTok globally
popular U.K. influencer Max Balegde said in a TikTok post
I just wanted to come on here and say goodbye. This has been super fun,
Hickmon saidI just got out of a meeting with a bunch of billionaires — TikTok, we mean business,
Donaldson says in the videoTiktok may be temporary but TiK ToK is forever.”
Pop star Kesha also made a video using the audio from her hit song “TiK ToK,” writingPosting tiktok office drafts since the supreme court hates joy and happiness.”
One of them, Lizzi Kania, posted several videos inside what appears to be one of TikTok’s office buildings and wroteTikTok literally suggested that audio after I took a pic in my dress, ... I truly had no idea what it meant. I thought it was from a chick flick,”
On Thursday, Kalil made a TikTok in which she appears to refer to the incident, writing ... then addingGiven just a handful of days after oral argument to issue an opinion, I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us. All I can say is that, at this time and under these constraints, the problem appears real and the response to it not unconstitutional,
Gorsuch said
The CCP has been put on notice that the American people’s data is no longer for the taking. The incoming Trump administration must be prepared to uphold this TikTok divestment law and put the privacy and security of America first,
Pence said
It’s not a ban of a popular social media platform, but its forced divestiture from a foreign adversary: the Chinese Communist Party,
Shapiro said, lauding the Supreme Court’s prompt unanimity to uphold the law just seven days after hearing oral arguments over the caseTo our American users, thank you for making TikTok a rich and vibrant space, for surprising and delighting us every day,
Chew saidYou could get a lot more done if the government were helping American companies rather than kind of slowing you down at every step along the way, ... This is like a huge geopolitical competition, and, like, China's running at it super hard and we should want the American companies and the American standard to win."
the tech executive said, adding_(cropped).jpg)
The American technology industry is a bright spot in the American economy,
Zuckerberg saidBut again, I myself am not aware of an actual instance of the CCP using ostensibly confidential information collected by TikTok to do something to an American or group of Americans,
he said
We know a lot of things are up in the air, with the TikTok ban scheduled to go into effect this weekend,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Friday before the court’s decision
We have a few days to try to work this out, and let’s see where we land.”
Asked by NBC News on Wednesday what he would tell those millions of TikTok creators, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., simply replied