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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 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 ... The app) is all in Mandarin, I believe, and there’s a lot of terms which I don’t know what I’m agreeing to,
The US as a country is so powerful and big and I don’t think TikTok can keep going if there’s no American users on the app,
said Mr Pratt, who has more than 220,000 followers on TikTok A lot of creators rely on this app for a living, and it’s about to be pulled away from under them,
he told the PA news agency Influencers are often actors, musicians, comedians and people in the arts,
the London-based creator told PA 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 after the Supreme Court decision 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 Okay, fine, I’ll buy it
I’m very concerned about losing my business if TikTok shuts down,
said Desiree Hill, a small business owner in Georgia 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 We have seen the most recent statement from TikTok. It is a stunt, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday,
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Saturday 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’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 sourt said in the unsigned opinion 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 Making videos and reaching people on TikTok is so much easier than a lot of other platforms,
said Nathan Espinoza, who has more than 500,000 followers on TikTok
