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TikTok failed to save itself with the First Amendment
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- evanjrowley 2y agoIn fact, the ruling argued that a TikTok divest-or-ban rule outright promotes the values of the First Amendment. “Indeed, the First Amendment precludes a domestic government from exercising comparable control over a social media company in the United States,” the court writes. “Here the Congress, as the Executive proposed, acted to end the [People’s Republic of China’s] ability to control TikTok. Understood in that way, the Act actually vindicates the values that undergird the First Amendment.” Interesting take. A policy that limits social media companies where authoritarian governments have a significant stake seems fair. If a country wants to grow their social media industry into the US, their laws should clearly state what independence is allowed. Would adoption of such a policy internationally improve social media as a whole?