Trump meets with TikTok CEO at Mar-a-Lago as company asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over federal ban
CNNCNN — President-elect Donald Trump met with the head of TikTok at his Mar-a-Lago club Monday afternoon, a person familiar with the meeting told CNN, as the social media giant is asking the Supreme Court to wade into a court fight over use of the app in the United States. TikTok’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court thrusts the justices into a high-profile fight between Congress, which has cited national security concerns over China’s control of the app, and the platform’s users and executives, who argue that the ban violates the First Amendment. “This, in turn, will silence the speech of Applicants and the many Americans who use the platform to communicate about politics, commerce, arts, and other matters of public concern.” The attorneys asked the Supreme Court to decide on their emergency application by January 6 to give the company enough time “to coordinate with their service providers to perform the complex task of shutting down the TikTok platform only in the United States.” They also suggested that the court could agree to hear the case without needing to receive additional filings. “We have repeatedly held that laws curtailing their editorial choices must meet the First Amendment’s requirements.” The appeals court repeatedly cited that decision in its ruling in the TikTok case.