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TikTok ban: How both sides made their case to the Supreme Court and what the justices asked

On Friday, the nation's highest court heard arguments on whether to uphold or block a law that could effectively ban TikTok​ in the U.S. The bill, signed

The law ignores a less restrictive alternative — simply banning TikTok from sharing sensitive user data with anyone, including China, at the risk of heavy fines, jail sentences, or a full app shutdown. The U.S. government can’t expect ByteDance to act in “good faith.” TikTok presents a risk because if China did access the personal information of Americans, it would have data on a generation of teens who may grow up to hold key offices, like in the CIA, FBI, or State Department. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

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