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TikTok’s Fate Arrives at Supreme Court in Collision of Free Speech and National Security

TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution’s free speech guarantee.

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Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes

The company said it plans to allow “more speech” by lifting some restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discussion such as immigration and gender.

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TikTok Creators Left in Limbo While Awaiting Decision on Potential Platform Ban

At the heart of the case is whether the law violates the First Amendment with TikTok and its creator allies arguing that it does.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Ban So He Can Weigh In After He Takes Office

The filings come ahead of oral arguments on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech.

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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US

The justices will hear arguments on January 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment.

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TikTok Asks the Supreme Court for an Emergency Order to Block a US Ban Unless It’s Sold

Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law’s Jan. 19 deadline.

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California To Consider Requiring Mental Health Warnings on Social Media Sites

The legislation is necessary to bolster safety for children online, supporters say, but industry officials vow to fight the measure and others like it under the First Amendment.

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Law Requiring Sale or Ban of TikTok in the US

TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court, though its unclear whether the court will take up the case.

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