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The Supreme Court ruled on TikTok — and nobody knows what comes next
There’s limited options for TikTok to keep operating in the US.
The Supreme Court couldn’t have been more direct: the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to TikTok, withstands First Amendment scrutiny and can take effect on January 19th. Trump, who at one point promised to “save” TikTok (albeitwith scant detail), said before the ruling on Friday that he had a “very good” call with China’s President Xi Jinping, including discussions about the app. The US government managed to push a once-unbelievable political proposition mainstream: banning one of the most popular social media services in the country, based partly on national security concerns that have still never been disclosed.
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