Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by llamaimperative on Monday January 20, 2025 @08:54AM
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The application itself is content from the POV of the Constitution.
Universal City Studios v Corley
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by absolutelastone on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:39PM
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"Content" is narrower than "speech". In that case the restriction was described as "content-neutral". Hence it didn't require strict scrutiny, only intermediate scrutiny. Which seems like the blueprint for how they wrote the TikTok law.
The law indeed needed to be carefully written to "skirt" any first amendment violations, and SCOTUS unanimously agreed it had done so successfully.