Supreme Court hears arguments on potential TikTok ban [Video]

The Supreme Court is considering a law that could ban TikTok in the United States by Jan. 19, citing national security concerns.”The Chinese government could weaponize TikTok at any time to harm the United States,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said.The law requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a ban.”That whole notion is at war with the First Amendment,” said Noel Francisco, an attorney for TikTok.Lawyers representing TikTok creators and its more than 170 million American users argue the law violates free speech.”Restricting speech because it might sow doubt about our leaders or undermine democracy is the kind of thing our enemies do. It’s not what we do in this country,” said Jeffrey Fisher, an attorney for TikTok.The Biden administration argues that nearly all TikTok users are young Americans and that China could force TikTok to hand over their data.”They’re gonna grow up and might …