A closer look at TikTok as US Supreme Court weighs its fate
Friday, 10 January 2025 () Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
The US Supreme Court on Friday will hear TikTok's appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the video-sharing platform or shut it down in the United States. Here's a closer look at the rise of the platform as it awaits its fate: - Born in China - TikTok's meteoric rise from a niche video app to a global social media powerhouse has marked one of the most significant s
The Supreme Court hears consolidated oral argument in TikTok v. Garland and Firebaugh v. Garland, a case about TikTok's First Amendment challenge to a law requiring the app to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.
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