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TikTok goes dark in the US today, how are people around you reacting? (feddit.org)

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https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china-bdc79b7ce741a81761f67ea56d410103

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t really understand why the Supreme Court ruled that this is legal in the first place.

Because they don't answer "political questions", they check for contradictions against the constitution, and they don't (in their opinion) think there's any conflicts with the constitution.

Congress could pass a law banning Pizza, and it would be constitutional, however stupid it is.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, IMO it's a constitutional question. I'm coming at it from the EFF's side:

We are deeply disappointed that the Court failed to require the strict First Amendment scrutiny required in a case like this, which would’ve led to the inescapable conclusion that the government's desire to prevent potential future harm had to be rejected as infringing millions of Americans’ constitutionally protected free speech.