TikTok’s Fate in US Sealed as Supreme Court Supports Ban

January 18, 2025 – The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of maintaining the ban on short-video social media platform TikTok, setting the stage for the app’s potential removal from US markets as early as January 19th.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court stated that the provisionss at issue do not violate the petitioners’ First Amendment rights, upholding a lower court ruling against TikTok. The law, which gained bipartisan support in Congress last April, faced challenges from TikTok and some content creators who argued that it infringed on their freedom of speech. The Supreme Court heard arguments on this matter last week.

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