{"id":2380726,"date":"2024-12-16T18:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-halt-looming-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:53:12","slug":"tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-halt-looming-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-halt-looming-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok asks Supreme Court to step in and halt looming ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-halt-looming-ban-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380726&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>TikTok has filed an emergency submission with \u2063teh Supreme Court, seeking a temporary\u2063 block \u200con a law that \u200bcoudl lead to the \u2063app&#8217;s ban\u2062 in the \u2064United \u200bStates. This\u2064 legislation, \u200dwhich \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-pressure-biden-to-bring-home-former-marine-imprisoned-by-russia\/\" title=\"Republicans Pressure Biden To Bring Home Former Marine Imprisoned By Russia\">received bipartisan support<\/a> and was\u200d signed by President joe Biden in April, is set to take effect on January 19, 2025, unless \u200bcertain\u2063 conditions are met by TikTok&#8217;s Chinese parent company. The situation underscores ongoing concerns over data\u200d privacy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-give-ukraine-everything-it-needs-for-as-long-as-it-takes-biden-national-security-adviser-says\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s adviser promises full support to Ukraine indefinitely.\">national\u200c security<\/a> associated with\u2062 the\u2062 app.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">TikTok asks Supreme Court to step in and halt looming ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1913575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a> filed an emergency application on Monday imploring the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Supreme Court<\/a> to temporarily block a law that would effectively ban the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media<\/a> app.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-governments-civil-war-over-ufos\/\" title=\"The Government\u2019s Civil War Over UFOs\">bipartisan legislation signed<\/a> into law by President Joe Biden in April, Tiktok faces being banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19, 2025, unless the app&rsquo;s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the platform to a non-Chinese-owned company.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3254344\/tiktok-files-emergency-motion-stop-ban-taking-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> argued<\/a> that the possible ban set in motion by the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act violates First Amendment rights. The app made the same claims in its latest court filings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress&rsquo;s unprecedented attempt to single out applicants and bar them from operating one of the most significant speech platforms in this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">nation presents grave constitutional problems<\/a> that this court likely will not allow to stand,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> wrote in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25458761-tiktok-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">emergency application<\/a> on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON &ndash; Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, leaves a meeting in Sen. John Fetterman&rsquo;s (D-PA) office in the Russell Senate Office building on Thursday, March 14, 2024. (Bill Clark\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern that the Chinese-owned platform could pose a grave national security risk to the U.S., Tiktok&rsquo;s lawyers said the new law posed a &ldquo;speech ban,&rdquo; worrying that it &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., refused TikTok&rsquo;s request to delay the implementation of the law just three days ago, prompting the company to turn to the highest court in the country.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok requested the Supreme Court make its decision by Jan. 6, less than two weeks before 170 million users across the country could lose access to the social media platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ban is set to go into effect the day before President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s inauguration on Jan. 20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has signaled he could be open to negotiations on keeping TikTok alive, saying during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3261630\/donald-trump-press-conference-takeaways-tiktok-drones-rfk-jr-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">press conference<\/a> on Monday that he holds a &ldquo;warm spot in my heart&rdquo; for the platform because it helped him win young voters and clinch a second term in the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll take a look at TikTok,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won youth by 34 points, and there are those that say TikTok had something to do with that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1868761606542524712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1913575\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1913575\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok urges Supreme Court to block potential U.S. ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2380727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23081853460573-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7008,32869,32275,6248,32076],"class_list":["post-2380726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ban","tag-legal-battle","tag-supreme-court","tag-tiktok","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23081853460573-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380730,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380726\/revisions\/2380730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}