The Supreme Court ruling on the legality of TikTok will likely shake up the court’s conservative and liberal alliances, a legal analyst has told Newsweek.
Why It Matters
The case could have massive implications for the ownership of social media companies that operate in the U.S.
Newsweek sought email comment from TikTok and the Justice Department on Friday.
What To Know
On December 18, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear social media platform TikTok’s challenge to a new law that will force its Chinese parent company to sell the popular site.
The new law, which comes into effect on January 19, will give parent company ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok, given Congress‘ concerns about the Chinese government harvesting U.S. …