Mass. politicians, TikTok users react to SCOTUS decision to uphold ban [Video]

Following a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court on Friday, which upheld a proposed ban on TikTok, the ban on the app could now take effect as soon as Sunday.A federal appeals court panel unanimously upheld a law on Dec. 6, that could lead to a ban on TikTok, citing national security concerns, as TikTok is owned by Chinese company, ByteDance.On April 24, President Joe Biden signed legislation requiring TikTok parent ByteDance to sell to a U.S. owner within a year or to shut down.Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court ruled that those national security concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership outweigh concerns about the free speech rights of the platform’s 170 million users in the U.S.Unless an American buyer for TikTok can be found, the ban will take effect on Sunday.”Every year, they say it’s going to go down, but it never really does, so I’m hoping that it won’t,” …