The Supreme Court announces that it will hear the challenge to the TikTok ban on January 10, 2025

On April 24, 2024, US President Joe Biden signed a bill ordering the sale of TikTok to TikTok's parent company, Chinese company ByteDance. TikTok filed a court petition seeking an injunction against the bill and appealed to the Supreme Court in December 2024. On December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court announced that it had agreed to hear TikTok's lawsuit.

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On April 24, 2024, Biden signed a bill called the ' Protecting Americans from National Security Threats Posed by Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act.' The bill requires ByteDance to sell TikTok and its affiliated applications within nine months, and if it does not comply with the sale, it will be banned from using app stores and web hosting services in the United States.

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On May 7, 2024, TikTok filed an objection to this bill, which could be called the 'TikTok Ban Act,' on the grounds of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression and speech. TikTok argued that 'if the service is suspended, it could hinder the freedom of speech of Americans and block their access to accurate information,' and asked the court to rule that the law is unconstitutional.

However, on December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the law, ruling that it was not unconstitutional , stating that 'all that the law requires is that TikTok will no longer be controlled by China, and it does not infringe on freedom of speech in particular.' In response to this, TikTok argued that 'TikTok's core is its 170 million American users. Unless the TikTok ban is stopped, it is estimated that small and medium-sized businesses using TikTok will lose more than $1 billion in revenue in just one month, and creators will suffer lost profits of up to $300 million.' It has appealed to the Supreme Court.

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On December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear TikTok's lawsuit and announced that oral arguments would be held on January 10, 2025. This means that TikTok and the Department of Justice must file briefs by December 27, 2024, and submit a response one week before oral arguments.

TikTok said, 'This unprecedented attempt to ban TikTok, one of the country's most important speech platforms, presents serious constitutional challenges that the Supreme Court will likely not allow.' 'We are pleased with the Supreme Court's decision and believe the Court will likely find the TikTok ban unconstitutional, allowing the more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok to continue to exercise their free speech rights.'

CBS News, a foreign media outlet, said, 'The 'Protecting Americans from National Security Threats Posed by Foreign Adversary Applications Act' is due to come into effect on January 19, 2025, and the Supreme Court's hearing is being held on an expedited schedule to allow the issue to be resolved before the law goes into effect.'