The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday on the fate of TikTok, the enormously popular video app that Congress says poses a looming threat to the nation’s security.
Unless the justices intervene before a Jan. 19 deadline set by a federal law, the app must be sold or shut down.
The law, enacted in April with broad bipartisan support, said urgent measures were needed because TikTok’s corporate parent, ByteDance, was effectively controlled by the Chinese government, which could use the app to harvest sensitive information about Americans and to spread covert disinformation.
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here