The Political Thread

[Samoa Looch]

Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S., leaving the matter to Trump

In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok rather than the First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.

www.usatoday.com

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States on Sunday, siding with the government's national security concerns over the First Amendment rights of the company and its 170 million TikTok users.

That decision shifts the focus to whether President-elect Donald Trump can intervene after he takes office on Monday.

Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first administration, has since promised to “save” the wildly popular platform, though it's unclear how he could do so.

 

[Grim]

Frankly the Democrats deserve the upcoming decades of National failure with how much they've pissed off most leftists.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

To celebrate the President officially saving TikTok, I have given in and created an account.

How do you do, fellow kids?

 

[OsBlaze]

To celebrate the President officially saving TikTok, I have given in and created an account.

How do you do, fellow kids?

You better follow me you son of a bitch

 

[Comrade Khan]

I hope that's a joke

 

[Ricky Smarks]

The hustle on this guy is honestly hilarious.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Fucking hopeless.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I hope that's a joke

Of course, it is.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Why are you celebrating this?

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Why are you celebrating this?

I’m not. I’m laughing at the fact he actually did it.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Sorry I'm just flabbergasted by your country still. This dude just pumped and dumped a online coin 3 days b4 getting in office.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Anyone with a brain can see he was one of the primary proponents of the ban to begin with.

 

[Comrade Khan]

He didn't even do anything, the bill only banned it from the app store. This is just propaganda for gen z morons. Literal bribery in front of your eyes

 

[Ricky Smarks]

It’s just so brazen. Literally an hour after TikTok went dark. That’s when they first posted that they were working with Trump to get it back and then only a day later. It’s back the opening message for everyone that logged in has Trump saved it and then Trump himself is on the landing page saying he saved it.

It’s just movie levels of parody.

 

[Comrade Khan]

It’s just so brazen. Literally an hour after TikTok went dark. That’s when they first posted that they were working with Trump to get it back and then only a day later. It’s back the opening message for everyone that logged in has Trump saved it and then Trump himself is on the landing page saying he saved it.

It’s just movie levels of parody.

It's would be funny if I wasn't the most powerful nation on earth turning into an oligarchy over night and being less subtle than the Russians. They are rubbing our noses in it.

You guys should be building guillotines