Special Edition: End of TikTok? Ban to Take Effect Sunday
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
It's official: the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning the popular social media app TikTok over national security concerns unless its Chinese owners sell it by Sunday (Jan 19).
Our guests today help explain what a TikTok ban might actually look like, what its 170 million American users can expect next, and more.
First, The Wall Street Journal tech reporter Sarah Needleman shares more about what will happen with the app starting tomorrow, and whether TikTok may still be saved. Then, constitutional law expert Jessica Levinson talks about the Supreme Court justices' decision, and what the options are, legally, for President-elect Trump moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, January 18th. It's official the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning the wildly popular social media platform TikTok over national security concerns, unless its Chinese owners sell it by the deadline. Well, that deadline is tomorrow and at last check, there's been no sale. So what does a TikTok ban actually look like? And what can its 170 million American users expect next? |
| 0:23.5 | Our guests today will help answer those questions and more. |
| 0:26.8 | Coming up later, you'll hear from constitutional law expert Jessica Levinson |
| 0:30.0 | about the Supreme Court Justice's decision and what the options are legally for President-elect Trump moving forward. |
| 0:36.4 | But first, let's talk about what users can expect when they try to log on to TikTok tomorrow. |
| 0:41.8 | Sarah Needleman is a tech reporter for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:44.5 | She's sharing more about what this band might look like in real life, |
| 0:47.7 | whether TikTok might still be saved, and what other apps are getting some attention in the meantime. |
| 0:55.2 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:58.2 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday |
| 1:00.9 | to talk about something in the news. |
| 1:02.7 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes |
| 1:05.9 | where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition |
| 1:11.4 | Saturday. Sarah Needleman, thank you so much for joining us here on the Newsworthy. |
| 1:18.3 | It's my pleasure to be here. So we now know the Supreme Court has upheld the law that Congress |
| 1:22.6 | passed essentially banning TikTok in America. So on its own, assuming no other changes that we'll get into later |
| 1:29.5 | that could happen, what could this quote unquote ban actually look like on a practical level? |
| 1:36.0 | First far as TikTok has said that it plans to fully shut down the app if the law goes into |
| 1:40.8 | effect according to Wall Street Journal reporting. So that is a possibility. |
| 1:45.4 | According to the law, Apple and Google are obligated to remove TikTok from their app stores. |
| 1:50.4 | So basically what that means is if you don't already have TikTok on your phone, |
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