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The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 … is entirely consistent with the First Amendment. The right to free speech enshrined in the First Amendment does not apply to a corporate agent of the Chinese Communist Party,
McConnell wrote in his argument If an executive order conflicts with an existing law, the law takes precedence, and the order can be struck down by the courts."
Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law at Cornell University, said Congress wrote this law to be virtually president-proof,
warned Adam Kovacevich, chief executive of industry trade group Chamber of Progress TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law,
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, noting I’m very, very concerned about what’s going to happen over the next couple weeks,
said Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner mechanic shop in Conyers, Georgia Today’s unprecedented decision upholding the TikTok ban harms the free expression of hundreds of millions of TikTok users in this country and around the world,
said Kate Ruane, a director at the Washington-based Center for Democracy & Technology, which has supported TikTok’s challenge to the federal law If TikTok goes away, there’s going to be a real hole in the market,
Dominique Raccah, the publisher and chief executive of Sourcebooks, told the New York Times The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
TikTok said in a statement Friday night Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
TikTok said in a statement We are fighting to protect the constitutional right to free speech for more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok every day.”
According to the TikTok CEO The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.”
Trump posted on TruthSocial after the verdict In addition, we request that you clarify that no app store, internet hosting service, or other provider faces any risk of enforcement or penalties with respect to TikTok, CapCut, or any other ByteDance apps, until such further guidance has been issued,
said the letter by attorney Jeffrey Fisher The call was a very good one for both China and the USA. It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately,
We're really in uncharted territory here in terms of tech policy,
said Sarak Kreps, the director of Cornell University's Tech Policy Institute I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
Chew said in a statement, while reiterating the company's free speech claims China is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, which submitted a brief in the case against TikTok This decision’s going to be made by the next president anyway,
TikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government's national security concerns,
the Supreme Court said in the unsigned opinion Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Oh my god, I'm speechless,
said Lourd Asprec, 21, of Houston, who has amassed 16.3 million followers on TikTok and makes an estimated US$80,000 a year from the platform
