Trump Issues Executive Order to Suspend U.S. TikTok Ban. But Can It Stick?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days even as national security questions persist.
Supreme Court Backs Law Banning TikTok If Chinese Parent Company Refuses Sale
The justices decided the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its users.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold a Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US On Jan. 19
The justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company’s connections to China override concerns about restricting speech.
CNN Defamation Trial Comes at a Rough Time for Legacy Media
Defamation trials are actually rare in the United States, in part because strong constitutional protections for the press make proving libel difficult.
Judge Scraps Biden’s Title IX Rules, Reversing Expansion of Protections for LGBTQ+ Students
The judge also found that it violated free speech rights by requiring teachers to use pronouns aligning with a student’s gender identity.
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.
Ohio Governor Vetoes Medical Free Speech Clause He Says Would Gut Regulatory Power
Gov. DeWine said in a veto message that the medical oversight language added to a the bill could have had “devastating and deadly consequences for patient health.”
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.