TikTok’s last stand: Supreme Court weighs ban as deadline looms
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The attorney for TikTok’s users is up.
Jeffrey Fisher makes some extremely brief opening statements, then fields a question from Clarence Thomas on what speech is being infringed — the law is “only concerned about ownership,” says Thomas. “The American creators have the right to work with the publisher of their choice,” says Fisher. He raises the hypothetical of users being banned from posting on X, for instance.
Thomas responds that this theory could have prevented things like the breakup of AT&T — Fisher counters by saying that these platforms have “a particular perspective,” making it a unique speech question.
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