ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok
Small business owners love TikTok for marketing and sales. Stella Martorana / Research Live : TikTok appeals to supreme court against US ban Fox Business : TikTok calls on Supreme Court to issue emergency order to block potential US ban of popular app Dan Whateley / Business Insider : Will TikTok be banned? Here are the latest details on the app's legal fight to stay in the US and Trump's options Juli Clover / MacRumors : TikTok Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Temporarily Block Upcoming January Ban CBS News : TikTok asks Supreme Court to block ban Deutsche Welle : US: TikTok asks Supreme Court to block nationwide ban Reuters : Trump, TikTok CEO to meet on Monday: reports Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide : TikTok asks Supreme Court to block US ban Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times : TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily halt a law that would ban the app in the U.S. Ben Kew / The Gateway Pundit : END OF THE ROAD? TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Intervene as Nationwide Ban Set to Take Effect Next Month Washington Post : TikTok asks Supreme Court to block law that would shut down app in U.S. Michael Macagnone / Roll Call : TikTok asks justices to intervene in divestiture law fight Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner : TikTok asks Supreme Court to step in and halt looming ban PYMNTS.com : TikTok Asks Supreme Court for Emergency Injunction of US Ban The Hill : TikTok pushes for Supreme Court reprieve Hindustan Times : TikTok asks US Supreme Court to block government ban JURIST : TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention to block US ban Bluesky: Simon Lester / @simonlester.com : I don't think Trump sees China as a security threat in the same way that many people in Washington do. He is more focused on the bilateral trade deficit than security issues. Helps explain why he talks up Chinese investment in the US when virtually no one else does. [embedded post] Evan Greer / @evangreer : this is why i'm side-eying antitrust bros who seem to think Trumps picks are gonna fight the good fight against “Big Tech” — my brothers in christ, he could not be more clear what his policies will be: “I will help companies who bend the knee and punish companies that don't bend the knee” full stop. … Nilay Patel / @reckless : This is a chillingly transactional approach to a First Amendment problem — the clear message is that platforms that help Trump will get political support www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/p... [image] Aaron Rupar / @atrupar.com : Trump on a possible TikTok ban: “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.” Threads: John Paczkowski / @jawnpaczkowski : “The Supreme Court could grant the injunction as a favor to Trump, who might even try to intervene in the case on behalf of TikTok. But Trump might want TikTok to be banned on Joe Biden's last day in office. If that were to happen, he could be its hero.” https://www.forbes.com/... X: @tiktokpolicy : “The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding Americans' right to free speech. Today, we are asking the Court to do what it has traditionally done in free speech cases: apply the most rigorous scrutiny to speech bans and conclude that it violates the First Amendment. The TikTok ban results in a massive and unprecedented censorship of over 170M Americans...Estimates show that small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1B in revenue and creators would suffer almost $300 million in lost earnings in just one month unless the ban is halted.” Matt Schettenhelm / @mattschett : Will SCOTUS stay TikTok 1/19 deadline? Some chance, but worth remembering that SCOTUS: -must have 5 votes to issue stay -denies *many* more stay pleas than it grants -won't lightly halt a national-security deadline -probably agrees w DC Cir ruling by Ginsburg, Rao, Srinivasan @wutangkids : Oh that's convenient now that TikTok is filing for an emergency injunction with the US Supreme Court....who wants to bet that TikTok will be making a sizable donation to Trump's “inauguration fund” aka his pocket and SCOTUS will then give them a favorable and expedited ruling Rush Doshi / @rushdoshi : There is no good reason for this meeting with TikTok's CEO. The data points that Trump 2.0 might favor deals with China over strengthening the American competitive position are getting harder to dismiss. Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : TikTok says the ban would result “in a massive and unprecedented censorship of over 170 million Americans on January 19, 2025. Estimates show that small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1 billion in revenue and creators would suffer almost $300 million in lost earnings @chrisgeidner : I highlighted this expected happening in Sunday night's Law Dork, in my “Closing my tabs” section for paid subscribers. Here's what I wrote: https://www.lawdork.com/... [image] @chrisgeidner : NEWS: As expected, TikTok goes to SCOTUS, asking Chief Justice John Roberts for an injunction blocking the law that could lead to TikTok being banned in the US in January. Trump's former solicitor general, Noel Francisco at Jones Day, is counsel of record. [image] @chrisgeidner : And, the “creators” group of challengers to the law also have filed their application for an injunction pending cert. Notable: Counsel of record here is Jeffrey Fisher, most well known for his criminal defense work before the court. https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... [image] @chrisgeidner : In today's emergency application — i.e., a shadow-docket request — TikTok takes what feels to me like an increasingly common position of ~suggesting~ SCOTUS can just treat this as a cert petition if it wishes. Regardless, TikTok asks for a ruling on the shadow-docket request [image] @chrisgeidner : The move follows the DC Circuit ruling against TikTok two Fridays ago and then denying TikTok's request for an injunction pending appeal this past Friday. Here is the SCOTUS docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... See also Mediagazer