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Gobsmackingly bananas.

Gobsmackingly bananas.

Gobsmackingly bananas.

TikTok's legal team said allowing the federal government to shut down the app would defy precedent. They called TikTok the modern public square, and they said forcing it offline would suppress the speech of 170 million Americans who use the app, as well as the company's own protected expression, meaning when TikTok curates what people see on the app,

TikTok's legal team said allowing the federal government to shut down the app would defy precedent. They called TikTok the modern public square, and they said forcing it offline would suppress the speech of 170 million Americans who use the app, as well as the company's own protected expression, meaning when TikTok curates what people see on the app,

TikTok's legal team said allowing the federal government to shut down the app would defy precedent. They called TikTok the modern public square, and they said forcing it offline would suppress the speech of 170 million Americans who use the app, as well as the company's own protected expression, meaning when TikTok curates what people see on the app,

That is actually a type of speech that would be suppressed by the ban. If the Supreme Court does not block the law, TikTok's lawyer said, Scott, the app will go dark next Sunday.

That is actually a type of speech that would be suppressed by the ban. If the Supreme Court does not block the law, TikTok's lawyer said, Scott, the app will go dark next Sunday.

That is actually a type of speech that would be suppressed by the ban. If the Supreme Court does not block the law, TikTok's lawyer said, Scott, the app will go dark next Sunday.

Yes, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that Congress passed the TikTok divestor ban law as a way of addressing the app's national security problem. As long as data flows between Beijing and TikTok, and as long as ByteDance controls TikTok's algorithm... She says Americans are just too exposed to the Chinese government. She argued that the problem isn't China's foreign ownership.

Yes, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that Congress passed the TikTok divestor ban law as a way of addressing the app's national security problem. As long as data flows between Beijing and TikTok, and as long as ByteDance controls TikTok's algorithm... She says Americans are just too exposed to the Chinese government. She argued that the problem isn't China's foreign ownership.

Yes, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that Congress passed the TikTok divestor ban law as a way of addressing the app's national security problem. As long as data flows between Beijing and TikTok, and as long as ByteDance controls TikTok's algorithm... She says Americans are just too exposed to the Chinese government. She argued that the problem isn't China's foreign ownership.

The problem is the ownership is by an enemy of the United States that wants to spy on Americans and create havoc. Here's Prelogger.

The problem is the ownership is by an enemy of the United States that wants to spy on Americans and create havoc. Here's Prelogger.

The problem is the ownership is by an enemy of the United States that wants to spy on Americans and create havoc. Here's Prelogger.

Yeah. In court, Prelogger said, I mean, think about it. Beijing has all of this information on millions of teenagers now. But, you know, maybe they don't want to do anything with it now, but weaponize it later when some of these teens say, you know, take jobs with the government or maybe join the military.

Yeah. In court, Prelogger said, I mean, think about it. Beijing has all of this information on millions of teenagers now. But, you know, maybe they don't want to do anything with it now, but weaponize it later when some of these teens say, you know, take jobs with the government or maybe join the military.

Yeah. In court, Prelogger said, I mean, think about it. Beijing has all of this information on millions of teenagers now. But, you know, maybe they don't want to do anything with it now, but weaponize it later when some of these teens say, you know, take jobs with the government or maybe join the military.

Yeah, they had tough questions for both sides, Scott, but liberal and conservative justices were quite skeptical that TikTok's free speech would be more important than an overseas security threat. Chief Justice John Roberts said Congress had no problem with TikTokers' free speech when lawmakers passed the law banning the app back in April. Roberts said the issue is and has always been ByteDance.

Yeah, they had tough questions for both sides, Scott, but liberal and conservative justices were quite skeptical that TikTok's free speech would be more important than an overseas security threat. Chief Justice John Roberts said Congress had no problem with TikTokers' free speech when lawmakers passed the law banning the app back in April. Roberts said the issue is and has always been ByteDance.