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This is fresh air. I'm Tanya Mosley. TikTok is in a race against time, a last-ditch effort to save itself from being

banned in the U.S. on January 19th. The CEO of Bight Dance, the company that owns the popular

social platform, met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, just hours after asking the Supreme

Court to take up the case and block the ban temporarily. This morning, the court Court to take up the case and block the ban temporarily.

This morning, the court agreed to take up the appeal and hear oral arguments on January 10th before deciding whether to put the ban on hold.

Now, at issue is who owns TikTok.

Lawmakers say the platform is a national security risk because it gives China unfettered

access to our data and our attention. Last April, Congress passed a law that mandates TikTok

either be sold to a non-Chinese company or be banned. TikTok challenged that law, arguing that a

ban infringes on America's First Amendment rights to free speech.

Now, each month, about 170 million of us spend time on TikTok.

And for those who aren't on it, yes, it's a place to watch silly pranks and dance challenges,

but it's also a cultural phenomenon.

According to Pew Research, 60% of adults

under 30 get their news from TikTok, and millions also use it to generate income by creating content

and selling products. Our guest today, Associate Professor Alan Rosenstein, has closely tracked TikTok's

legal battles. He's been thinking about the

ramifications of a ban and recently penned an article for The Atlantic asking, what if free speech

actually means banning TikTok? Our interview was recorded yesterday. Rosenstein is a law professor

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