Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban
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Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban
Summary
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to reject Donald Trump’s request to delay a law banning TikTok or forcing its sale by Jan. 19, 2025.
TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, claims the ban violates First Amendment rights, but the DOJ argued the law targets foreign ownership, not free speech, and passes constitutional scrutiny.
Trump, despite opposing a ban publicly, asked the Court to extend the deadline to seek a political resolution.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Jan. 10, with the ban set to take effect before Trump’s inauguration.
With all the bullshit that's about to go down, I'm having trouble caring about this anymore. All these social media platforms are data harvesting dumpster fires. Eliminating this one isn't going to do much, except probably put a bunch of Americans out of business.
It’s more broligarchy bullshit. Probably a bribe from Yass to Trump to protect Yass’s investment. Trump is the Billionaire’s lackey.
In the pitched battle between TikTok and Washington, few people stand to lose more than Jeff Yass, an American billionaire options trader who has emerged in recent years as a major donor to Republican candidates and causes.
Yass co-founded the Philadelphia-based trading firm Susquehanna International Group, which owns a 15% stake in TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance. Yass’ personal share is 7%, worth roughly $21 billion.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna142531
China will promote the one who will degrade U.S. power best. You think he is going to deep six one of his best supporters and allies?
Eh this is the one social media that the oligarchs can't censor so I'm fine with it sticking around. I'd rather have options than Elon and Zuck controlling the majority methods for average joes to get information out. Cause it doesn't seem like the fediverse is going mainstream for a while
Yeah, the reason they want to ban TikTok is because it's not an American owned social media platform like every other one in the country, which means that they can't as easily police its content and only China has that kind of power over it (but I think they don't really have much control over the international version? I don't know enough to say).
This is purely about America's ability to put propaganda on the platform.
What evidence do you have that oligarchs in any nation cannot influence your TikTok algorithm? Like... we should assume they can by default until proven innocent.
If you mean “influencers” or the ultra wealthy, then good. They deserve to go out of business.
See also:
political activists/commentators, particularly ones who speak out against the fascist apartheid regime of Israel and the genocide it's committing. Such speech is heavily censored on the American owned major social media platforms for reasons as obvious as they're infuriating.
Comedians, singers, and other performers who benefit from the exposure to potential audiences. Especially ones who would be censored on the other platforms for the above reason or others.
The algorithm and spying is awful, sure, but not any worse than the American ones that cooperate with other totalitarian governments such as those of Russia, India, Israel, Hungary etc with impunity approaching that of Israel.
The main REAL difference between Tiktok and the other platforms is that it doesn't suppress anti-genocide speech, which is inconvenient to a political class where the vast majority is under the sway of AIPAC and other de facto Israeli government entities.
That would also be true for rational gun regulations, universal healthcare, and responsible climate policies.