4 takeaways from the arguments before the Supreme Court in the TikTok case
The Supreme Court on Friday wrestled with a law that could determine the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular social media platform with about 170 million users.Congress enacted the law because it fears that the app, whose owner is based in China, is susceptible to Chinese government influence and poses a national risk. The measure would effectively ban TikTok from operating in the United States unless its owner, ByteDance, sells it by January 19.Here are some key points:It seemed likely that the court would uphold the law.While judges across the ideological spectrum asked tough questions of both sides, the overall tone and thrust seemed to suggest greater skepticism toward arguments from lawyers for TikTok and its users that the First Amendment barred Congress from enacting the law.The questi...