The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok\u2019s appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video-sharing platform or shut it down. The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10, nine days before TikTok faces a ban unless ByteDance divests from the popular app. The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting services unless ByteDance sells its stake by January 19. TikTok is arguing that the law, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, violates its First Amendment free speech rights. \u201cCongress has enacted a massive and unprecedented speech restriction,\u201d TikTok, which claims to have more than 170 million monthly US users, said in a filing with the Supreme Court. Should the law take effect it would \u201cshutter one of America\u2019s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration,\u201d TikTok said. \u201cThis, in turn, will silence the speech of Applicants and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics, commerce, arts, and other matters of public concern,\u201d it added. AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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