Oral arguments before the high court are set for January 10, nine days before the divest-or-ban law is to go into effect.
TikTok argues in its Supreme Court filing that the US law requiring it to be sold to a non-Chinese buyer by January 2025 is unconstitutional. They claim the law violates their First Amendment rights to free speech by targeting them for the content posted by their users, and by attempting to influence editorial choices based on political disagreements.
TikTok emphasizes that it operates as a US company, with majority ownership held by global institutional investors, and that the law unfairly disrupts a US-based speech platform.
TikTok argues in its Supreme Court filing that the US law requiring it to be sold to a non-Chinese buyer by January 2025 is unconstitutional. They claim the law violates their First Amendment rights to free speech by targeting them for the content posted by their users, and by attempting to influence editorial choices based on political disagreements. TikTok emphasizes that it operates as a US company, with majority ownership held by global institutional investors, and that the law unfairly disrupts a US-based speech platform.
