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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by plorg on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:06AM (#42739279)
SCOTUS explicitly avoided ruling on this justification, and it seemed at argument that even some of the conservative justices were uncomfortable with the free speech implications of it.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by perbu on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:42AM (#42739985)
I think the question "What is Tiktoks speech?" was raised. And the answer, "the algorithm" didn't really strike home.

So I read it like they didn't interpret this as a free speech issue at all.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by DudeOpotomus on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:25AM (#42739666)
It's not a top down broadcast and the SCOTUS has a hard time wrapping their head around 250 individual people receiving individualized content with no oversight or necessity for accuracy.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by redserk on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:17AM (#42739491)
That justification also seems like it quickly can be used to shutdown access to VPN services hosted elsewhere like Mullvad.
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