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US Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok

In a major defeat for TikTok, the US Supreme court ruled that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning TikTok (Credit: AFP)

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days.

In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning the app.

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