On January 10, local time, the New York Times reported that the U.S. Supreme Court is speeding up the hearing of a bill involving the forced sale or nationwide ban of the short video social media platform TikTok, and may make a ruling as early as next week.

According to reports, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the morning of the 10th local time on whether TikTok’s “sell or ban” law violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The two parties in the debate were TikTok Company and the U.S. Department of Justice.

During the debate, although some justices expressed concerns about the potential conflict between the bill and the First Amendment of the Constitution, the majority of the justices believed that the law targeted TikTok’s ownership rather than its speech content. They tend to believe that the company hasThe relationship with China’s parent company ByteDance poses a threat to U.S. national security.

U.S. government officials have long used the excuse that "China may use TikTok to collect U.S. user data and conduct surveillance" to politicize TikTok operational issues. According to a law passed by Congress last year, TikTok needs to separate from its parent company, ByteDance, before January 19, otherwise it will face a comprehensive ban.

However, TikTok, its parent company Bytedance and many content creators said that Congress’s law against TikTok violated the right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and asked the court to delay or overturn the law.