Will January 19th be TikTok's last dance in the United States? The answer will be determined by the Supreme Court.
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00:00Will January 19th be TikTok's last dance in the United States?
00:05The answer will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
00:08The high court announcing Wednesday that they will hear arguments in the case next month.
00:14At question is the constitutionality of the federal law
00:17that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer by January 19th
00:24or be banned over national security concerns.
00:27Beginning January 10th, the justices will hear arguments on
00:31if the law violates First Amendment free speech rights.
00:35Both TikTok executives and content creators will testify,
00:39though the timing also means the Biden Justice Department
00:43will argue the case just 10 days before
00:46what would appear to be a more TikTok-friendly Trump administration taking over January 20th.