Summary

TikTok plans to shut down its U.S. operations by January 19 unless the Supreme Court blocks a new law requiring its sale by Chinese parent company ByteDance.

The law, defended by the Biden administration as a national security measure, has been challenged by TikTok, ByteDance, and users as a violation of free speech.

The court, facing pressure from Trump to delay a decision, will hear arguments just days before the law’s implementation.

A shutdown could cost TikTok millions of users and ad revenue, with a ruling expected soon.

  • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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    713 hours ago

    Cool, so why stop there! Just make it so they always have access to my phone! Why would I need the right to use anything I want?

    The government now needs needs me to get court approval to speak my mind to Trump. Require paperwork just to develop an app.

    Surely nothing bad will happen if we just let this pot of water rise with frogs advocating it to get hotter.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      I don’t think the government has the right to control what you do in your private time on your private device.

      You’re still acting like they don’t do this already.

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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        613 hours ago

        So we just let them? “It’s already happening, give into it. You’ll learn to love and accept it.”

          • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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            113 minutes ago

            Giving up sure solves matters.

            Stonewall should have complied. Why resist the cops arresting you for who you love? It’s already stays quo.

            MLK? Should have stayed quiet and not marched. He should have just stayed where he was and never be a figure people look up to.

            Women’s right to vote? Don’t make me laugh! Women were always expected to just have babies and do the housework, anyone saying otherwise is a fool!

            When the patriot act was passed, was it good and ethical because the FBI wiretapped anyone Hoover didn’t like, and Nixon had tabs on every single person he hated?