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Supreme Court Decision: Balancing National Security and First Amendment Rights
The Supreme Court ruling ultimately leaned in favor of the government’s national security interests. The court acknowledged TikTok's importance to its users but concluded that Congress acted within its rights in imposing the divestiture requirement on ByteDance. This decision was rooted in the assertion that TikTok's ties to the Chinese government represented a significant risk to American data security.