Will TIKTOK BE SAVED IN TIME

The Supreme Court seemed to lean Thursday toward upholding a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok, with all nine justices indicating national security concerns posed by the social media app outweighed potential threats to free speech.

The high court heard oral arguments from lawyers for TikTok and its content creators, who argued that the US government’s goal in implementing the legislation was not preventing the harvesting of user data or thwarting foreign espionage, but instead chipping away at core First Amendment rights.