Supreme Court Decision on TikTok Ban

The Supreme Court upheld a decision to ban the social media app TikTok, declaring that the law does not trigger strict scrutiny protections for speech. This ruling stems from an interpretation that the law's rationale is not based on the platform's content or particular speakers, even though it explicitly names TikTok. The court focused on data privacy concerns due to TikTok’s extensive user base of 170 million, applying only intermediate scrutiny, which presents a lower standard of protection. As a result, the court did not need to fully evaluate alternative measures for addressing these privacy concerns, which could have impacted the law's legitimacy.