US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called on Congress or the judiciary’s committee responsible for drafting rules for federal courts to address the government’s use of classified evidence that’s shielded from litigants.
"I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us," writes Justice Gorsuch.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
The Supreme Court ruled that the law that could oust TikTok from the US unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it is constitutional as applied to the company. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans,
The exception was Justice Neil Gorsuch, who seemed open to TikTok ... Congress worried that ByteDance would hoover up data on TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users. Under Chinese law, ByteDance ...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh brought up past examples of the U.S. blocking broadcasting companies from having ties to foreign governments and brought up the government’s concerns about TikTok collecting data on U.S. users, which he said “seems like a huge concern for the future of the country.”
Justice Gorsuch objected to "the government's attempt ... Unfortunately, most of the Court seemed sufficiently persuaded that forcing ByteDance—a foreign company that does not itself enjoy ...
The justices found the government’s concerns over potential privacy abuses at TikTok persuasive, especially if users oblige the TikTok app’s requests for contacts and calendar data.
"You're ignoring the major concern here" of China manipulating content through TikTok's industry-envied algorithm and harvesting user data, Chief Justice John Roberts tells TikTok lawyer, Trump's former solicitor general.
The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban of the popular video-sharing app in the United States. The ruling underscores growing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged links to the Chinese government,
TikTok is set to shut down in the U.S. on Jan. 19. According to Bloomberg, Biden administration officials have signaled they likely won’t enforce the ban before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Trump has indicated he will seek to reverse the ban.