Friday, December 06, 2024

Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Ban of TikTok

Panel rules Congress has the power to shut down Chinese-backed app in the U.S. because of national security concerns

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DC Circuit upholds TikTok ban. Opinions to come.[image or embed]

-- Jameel Jaffer (@jameeljaffer.bsky.social) December 6, 2024 at 10:25 AM

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... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law " which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January -- and rebuffed the company's challenge of the statute, which it argued had ran afoul of the First Amendment.

"The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States," said the court's opinion, which was written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. "Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary's ability to gather data on people in the United States." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 07:33 PM

My opinion (little more than a guess at this point) is that China surveillance entities will appeal this decision.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 07:35 PM

From another thread on this topic...

drudge.com

... My opinion (little more than a guess at this point) is that China surveillance entities will appeal this decision. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-07 01:13 AM

I honestly can't see what TikTok is doing differently than all the other social media. If you've ever read any of the other's end user license agreement, you'd understand there isn't much left to your privacy if you agree and use the app.

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-07 06:47 PM

I hope it doesn't get banned. I follow a few of their content creators. They are awesome people too.

#5 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-07 06:50 PM

I hope it doesn't get banned. I follow a few of their content creators. They are awesome people too.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-07 06:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

Not to mention how many start-up businesses rely on the app. I know a many who would lose their ass if this happens.

Go watch my homeboy "Stale Kracker" and his cooking show. In just a few short years he transformed his family recipes into millions of dollars.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-07 08:43 PM

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