The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 turned away TikTok’s request to halt a federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 or cease U.S. operations.
The nation’s highest court took action in the fast-tracked case seven days after oral arguments on Jan. 10 in TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland.
The new court opinion, which held that the TikTok law does not violate the First Amendment, was unanimous and its author was not identified.
President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20 and is himself a social media entrepreneur, had previously filed a brief asking the justices to stay the law to give him an opportunity to develop a political solution when he returns to the White House….