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SCOTUS will hear TikTok ban case in January. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in January over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell. The justices said Dec. 18 they will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. The law, enacted in April, set a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to be sold or else face a ban in the U.S. The justices could act after the arguments to keep the law from taking effect pending a final ruling.

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