US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok ban case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting services unless ByteDance sells its stake by January 19.TikTok is arguing that the law, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, violates its First Amendment free speech rights.
50% : At a press conference on Monday, Trump said he has "a warm spot" for TikTok and that his administration would take a look at the app and the potential ban.
47% : In 2022, BuzzFeed reported that ByteDance employees based in China had accessed non-public information from TikTok users.
45% : The potential ban could strain US-China relations just as Donald Trump prepares to take office as president on January 20.
38% : Trump recently spoke of having a "soft spot" for TikTok, and this year his campaign used the app to win support from young voters.
33% : India banned TikTok in July of 2020 due to tensions with China.- Targeted by Trump -While Donald Trump was US president in 2020, he signed executive orders to ban TikTok in the country.
27% : Trump has emerged as an unlikely TikTok ally amid concerns that a ban on the app would mainly benefit Meta, the Facebook parent company owned by Mark Zuckerberg.
20% : Trump accused TikTok, without proof, of siphoning off American users' data to benefit Beijing and of censoring posts to please Chinese officials.

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