GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – A majority of the Supreme Court appears to want to uphold the controversial TikTok ban.
On Friday, justices heard oral arguments concerning the social media app’s ties to China and free speech protections.
In April, congress passed a law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company to either sell the app or face it being shut down. The law is set to take effect on January 19th unless the high court blocks it temporarily. A final decision on the ban’s implementation date could come before the justices resolve any questions about First Amendment rights.
Former Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher is one of the advocates who helped write the bill last March. Congress is arguing TikTok should be banned not only because of government security threats but also over concerns of data-mining and misinformation, which many users were not even aware of.
“With no transparency within the algorithm, …