The House’s approval of a bill calling for the forced sale or ban of the video app TikTok in the United States could end up launching a legal battle over the long-running and politically polarizing question: Is such a government effort constitutional?
Democracy Dies in Darkness
If the House TikTok bill becomes law, the next stop is the courts
The forced-sale measure has reinvigorated a debate over speech, national security and government power. Almost certainly, that debate will be settled in the courts.
By Drew Harwell
and Updated March 14, 2024 at 4:22 p.m. EDT|Published March 14, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EDT