The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear the dispute over the law requiring social media giant TikTok Inc. to divest its American subsidiary by Jan. 19, 2025, or face a ban in the United States.
The brief order set oral arguments in the case for Jan. 10, days before the law’s deadline. TikTok argues that the law places unconstitutional restrictions on the company that aren’t justified by arguments that its China-based owner, Bytedance Ltd., makes it vulnerable to foreign manipulation.
Wednesday’s unsigned order sets up a single issue for the justices to decide: whether the divestiture law passed by Congress violates the First Amendment rights of the company and its users.
