TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.
TikTok had argued otherwise before the justices last week. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement,
Noel Francisco, representing TikTok and ByteDance, argued that Supreme Court endorsement of this law could enable statutes targeting other companies on similar grounds. "AMC movie theaters used ...
The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.
The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal against a law that bans the video-sharing app in the country unless it is sold.
The first, Noel J. Francisco, who represents ByteDance, is a prominent conservative litigator who is now a partner at the Jones Day law firm. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Francisco clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and served in the White House and the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.
TikTok's lawyer danced around the question but said there is no precedent for a foreign government being subject to U.S. free speech laws. He then used a series of analogies, and it didn't seem like the Supreme Court judges were impressed by his answer.
an attorney for TikTok, Noel Francisco, told the Supreme Court on Friday that he expects that if the law is upheld, the app would "go dark - essentially, the platform shuts down," when the ...
The Chinese-owned social media company could shut down its U.S. subsidiary Jan. 19 if the high court upholds the law.
And much of how the government plans to enforce it remains unclear. Even TikTok attorney Noel Francisco seemed uncertain about how exactly a ban would go down. “On January 19, as I understand it ...
Chief Justice John Roberts convened the court for arguments in TikTok's challenge. Noel Francisco, who is arguing on behalf of the platform, will present TikTok's case first. He has two minutes to ...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday he is aware that the possible TikTok ban “is controversial,” yet the app “has a national security risk to it.” “I imagine [there’s going to] be a disruption in the service here,