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The law before this court is unprecedented and its effect would be staggering,
Pincus said, ... adding the The problem is that same data is extremely valuable to a foreign adversary trying to compromise the security of the United States,
Our circuit seemed to suggest very strongly that the control or the relationship itself was a strong justification for what the government did,
I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
The last post on the account, from Sunday, highlighted Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social that said After listening to the oral arguments, I am more convinced that this case will end up in the Supreme Court,
said Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell's Tech Policy Institute There's really no dispute here that the recommendation engine is maintained, developed, and written by ByteDance, rather than TikTok US, and that is what's being targeted,
Mere foreign ownership can't possibly be a justification, because it would turn the First Amendment (protecting free speech) on its head."
TikTok's lawyer countered For the first time in history, Congress has expressly targeted a specific US speaker (ie, TikTok USA),
Even if divestiture were feasible, TikTok in the United States would still be reduced to a shell of its former self, stripped of the innovative and expressive technology that tailors content to each user,
the company stated in a June legal brief We assess a strong possibility that content on TikTok is either amplified or suppressed based on its alignment with the interests of the Chinese government,
Despite the relatively small economic ownership associated with this stake, the special share includes privileges that give Net Investment Chinese (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and its government controllers significant influence over ByteDance,
Strider wrote in its analysis This report establishes that TikTok algorithms actively suppress content critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while simultaneously boosting pro-China propaganda and promoting distracting, irrelevant content,
Everyone knows all international companies need to abide by the local laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they operate."
A TikTok spokesperson said Creating fake accounts that interact with the app in a prescribed manner does not reflect real users' experience, just as this so-called study does not reflect facts or reality."
A TikTok spokesperson added Subject to narrow, well-established exceptions not applicable here, speech does not lose First Amendment protection because the government deems it untrue,
By directing ByteDance or TikTok to covertly manipulate that algorithm, China could for example further its existing malign influence operations and amplify its efforts to undermine trust in our democracy and exacerbate social divisions,
The ‘qualified divestiture’ demanded by the act to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally,
Given TikTok's broad reach within the United States, the capacity for China to use TikTok's features to achieve its overarching objective to undermine American interests creates a national-security threat of immense depth and scale,
the US Justice Department wrote in its filing There is no question: The Act will force a shutdown of TikTok by Jan 19, 2025, ... silencing
For all of those that want to save TikTok in America, vote for Trump,
he said in a video post last week