Free Speech Advocates: TikTok Ban Is Authoritarian

Reuters reports:

A U.S. law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the United States’ authoritarian enemies, free-speech advocates told the Supreme Court on Friday.

In an amicus filing, PEN America, Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute, and the Free Press urged the country’s highest court to strike down the federal TikTok law to ban it or force its sale.

They argue that not only did the law unlawfully threaten to restrict Americans from accessing foreign media in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it “recalls practices that have long been associated with repressive governments.”

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A US law against TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the US’ authoritarian enemies, free-speech advocates told SCOTUS. Congress voted

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