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The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 … is entirely consistent with the First Amendment. The right to free speech enshrined in the First Amendment does not apply to a corporate agent of the Chinese Communist Party,
McConnell wrote in his argument
If an executive order conflicts with an existing law, the law takes precedence, and the order can be struck down by the courts."
Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law at Cornell University, said
Congress wrote this law to be virtually president-proof,
warned Adam Kovacevich, chief executive of industry trade group Chamber of ProgressI’m very, very concerned about what’s going to happen over the next couple weeks,
said Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner mechanic shop in Conyers, Georgia
Today’s unprecedented decision upholding the TikTok ban harms the free expression of hundreds of millions of TikTok users in this country and around the world,
said Kate Ruane, a director at the Washington-based Center for Democracy & Technology, which has supported TikTok’s challenge to the federal lawIf TikTok goes away, there’s going to be a real hole in the market,
Dominique Raccah, the publisher and chief executive of Sourcebooks, told the New York Times
Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
TikTok said in a statement
The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
TikTok said after the Supreme Court decisionI’m very concerned about losing my business if TikTok shuts down,
said Desiree Hill, a small business owner in Georgia
The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.”
Trump posted on TruthSocial after the verdict
In addition, we request that you clarify that no app store, internet hosting service, or other provider faces any risk of enforcement or penalties with respect to TikTok, CapCut, or any other ByteDance apps, until such further guidance has been issued,
said the letter by attorney Jeffrey Fisher
We're really in uncharted territory here in terms of tech policy,
said Sarak Kreps, the director of Cornell University's Tech Policy InstituteI want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
Chew said in a statement, while reiterating the company's free speech claims
China is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, which submitted a brief in the case against TikTokTikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government's national security concerns,
the Supreme Court said in the unsigned opinion
This decision’s going to be made by the next president anyway,
Biden told reportersAuthoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Garland addedBeijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow and expert in US-China relations at the Hudson Institute think tankOh my god, I'm speechless,
said Lourd Asprec, 21, of Houston, who has amassed 16.3 million followers on TikTok and makes an estimated US$80,000 a year from the platformWe have to create a platform where people feel 100 percent comfortable letting their children use it, 100 percent comfortable that their data is not being mined by somebody, or that an adversary is not seeing any information about them,
he said