Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
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TikTok's U.S. future is up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. Many Syrian refugees say they want to go home, now that the Assad regime is gone — but what will wait there for them? In France, judges delivered verdicts in a rape case that has shocked the nation and the world.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] TikTok's American future is now up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the High Court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. What does this mean for the tens of millions of TikTok users? I'm Steve Inscape with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. 7,000 Syrian refugees have been living in a makeshift camp on the Jordanian border for the past nine years. Now, after the fall of the Assad regime, most of them want to go home, but what will wait for them there? NPR's Jana Raff is one of the first journalists to have visited the campsite. Also, judges delivered verdicts in a French rape case that shocked many people around the world. The victim has become a feminist hero, but will the trial make a difference for others? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. [MUSIC PLAYING] TikTok and the Department of Justice are heading to the Supreme Court. The court accepted TikTok's request to hear arguments about a law that could ban the viral video app next month. The court's chosen timing matters here as much as the decision to hear the case. The justices often move deliberately and take many months, but they chose, in this case, to move quickly, scheduling an argument for TikTok within three weeks on January 10. NPR's Bobby Allen is with us to talk about what this could mean. Good morning, Bobby. Good morning. So why is the Supreme Court stepping in? Well, in short, because TikTok requested an emergency review, and this is TikTok's last legal shot, right? The company has been fighting a law that is set to take effect on January 19. That bans the app nationwide unless it splits off from its Chinese parent company by dance. It recently lost a lower court appeal, and now the Supreme Court has scheduled expedited oral arguments, and the hearing is happening in three weeks. What have been main issues the court is being asked to resolve? Yeah, the case is about the balance between free speech and the possible threat of a foreign adversary. TikTok has long said that the Chinese government doesn't collect data on Americans
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