Per Curiam
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Nos. 24–656 and 24–657
TIKTOK INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS
24–656v.24–656
MERRICK B. GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL
BRIAN FIREBAUGH, ET AL., PETITIONERS
24–657v.24–657
MERRICK B. GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERA
ON APPLICATIONS FOR INJUNCTION PENDING REVIEW TO THE
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
[January 17, 2025]
Per Curiam.
As of January 19, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act will make it unlawful for companies in the United States to provide services to distribute, maintain, or update the social media platform TikTok, unless U. S. operation of the platform is severed from Chinese control. Petitioners are two TikTok operating entities and a group of U. S. TikTok users. We consider whether the Act, as applied to petitioners, violates the First Amendment.
In doing so, we are conscious that the cases before us involve new technologies with transformative capabilities. This challenging new context counsels caution on our part. As Justice Frankfurter advised 80 years ago in considering the application of established legal rules to the “totally new problems” raised by the airplane and radio, we should take
