The United States Supreme Court agreed to consider the appeal of TikTok to a law that would force ByteDanceare chinese ownerto sell the popular video sharing platform as a condition to maintain your activity in the country.
The highest judicial body scheduled the arguments in the case for January 10.
The Court did not suspend the entry into force of the law on January 19 as the company intended.
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The law, signed by the president Joe Biden In April, it would block TikTok from US app stores unless it ByteDance Fulfill the sale before January 19.
Congress authorized it, arguing that it seeks prevent risks of espionage and manipulation of users by the Chinese authorities.
TikTok, which insistently denies transmitting information to Beijing, maintains that the law violates its First Amendment rights to free speech.
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“Congress has approved a widespread and unprecedented restriction on freedom of expression,” TikTok, which claims to have more than 170 million users in the US, said in a document sent to the court.
If the law goes into effect, it would “shut down one of the most popular platforms for expression in the United States the day before a presidential inauguration,” the social network TikTok said.
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