Posted by Nina Davis.
TikTok a multimillionaire corporation which is known for its large social media presences and widespread audience is struggling to uphold their case to continue in the United States. Concerns over whether or not this app is safe for US citizens data have been raised for a couple of years now and have now brought the supreme court to judge whether or not the app should stay. In the CNN article “Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s TikTok decision and what it may mean for the First Amendment” It discusses how the ban of TikTok would not only harm creators and businesses but also ignore the first amendment of freedom of speech.
In the article it discusses how banning TikTok would disregard the first amendment, taking away US citizens’ rights to freedom of speech. People have conspiracies that the government wants to do this because TikTok is one of the main sources as to where people get their information from. Moreover, many people are influenced by post that could potentially cause problems for the government or anyone inside the government. In the article it states ““Make no mistake, by allowing the ban to go into effect, the Supreme Court has weakened the First Amendment and markedly expanded the government’s power to restrict speech in the name of national security,”. The article trys to convey that many believe that if this TikTok ban were to go into effect it would show that the first amendment does not really apply and take away freedom from citizens in the US.
However, the article goes on to discuss how the supreme court is not trying to rid our speaking freedoms but more trying to cut ties with foreign advisory’s. Though the Supreme Court says this many believe this is just a cover up for trying to take away US citizens freedom of speech. The article discusses how our first amendment could be effected by this action and could affect the way people think about the US in regards to laws and amendments. If we don’t have to abide by certain amendments who says that the government has to abide to the others, making people feel at a loss of control over their rights.
Overall, this article goes into depth about the Supreme Court ruling and how it could potentially effect the US citizens.
Nina is a business major at the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-takeaways/index.html