TikTok Getting Ban In U.S. This Sunday After Supreme Court Ruling
As long as TikTok’s parent firm, ByteDance from China, distributes the app by this Sunday, January 19, the US Supreme Court has approved legislation that could result in a total prohibition of the app. After the court rejected TikTok’s most recent appeal, ruling that the proposed ban does not violate the First Amendment, this decision was made.
Last April, President Joe Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act into law. Due to worries that the Chinese government would obtain personal information and use the app to spread propaganda, the law requires ByteDance to sell off its US operations or risk being banned.
The Supreme Court made it plain in a unanimous ruling that worries about free expression are outweighed by the potential national security threats connected to TikTok’s connections to China. Though it’s unknown how soon the 170 million American users of TikTok will notice any changes, the ruling sets the stage for the program to be removed from U.S. app stores on Sunday.
The incoming Trump administration may decide whether to implement the ban immediately, as the Biden administration has intimated. President Trump has pledged to deal with the issue after he takes office, while having previously stated that he would be open to negotiating a settlement.
TikTok has stated that, should the ban be upheld in light of the court decision, it intends to voluntarily cease operations in the US on Sunday. Following the release of the verdict, the firm has not provided any additional comments.
The future of TikTok in the US is still up in the air as things go. Many American TikTok fans are curious about what the impending changes will entail, as political debates and potential buyers will probably be crucial in deciding the platform’s future.
