PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court discussed the fate of the popular social media app TikTok.
In April, Congress passed a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, Bytedance, or be banned and removed from app stores in the U.S.
Lawyers representing TikTok and its creators argue the law violates the First Amendment and users’ freedom of speech.
Lawyers from the Biden administration argue that Chinese ownership poses a risk to national security.
TikTok has 170 million users in the U.S., and some even make their living through the app.
One Oregon small business owner is cautiously optimistic that TikTok will not be banned, and attributes his company’s success to sales made through the app.
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