By Ruling on TikTok, the Supreme Court Inadvertently Kept It Alive

TikTok seems to be safe and with it the Chinese Communist Party’s grip on American data and information consumption. It didn’t have to be this way.

Last spring, Congress passed and the president signed a law that required TikTok to be divested of its Chinese ownership by January 19, 2025, in order to continue operating in the United States. When TikTok predictably sued, a unanimous panel of the D.C. Circuit held that the law was constitutional, and the divesture requirement could go into effect a little over a month later.