Article in TechXplore by Jared Wadley, 1/7/25

Headline:  “Q&A: TikTok’s case could set a precedent for social media app bans”

“The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week about a pending ban on social media app TikTok, an outcome of a law signed by President Biden last April that would take effect Jan. 19.

“Oliver Haimson, assistant professor of information at the University of Michigan, said the stakes are high not only for China-based owner ByteDance to sell the app—which the company says violates First Amendment rights—but also for the reported 170 million TikTok users in the United States. The federal government has said the app threatens national security.”

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-qa-tiktok-case-social-media.html