'It's for real this time': TikTok creators react to potential ban

While TikTok argued that the law unfairly singled out the company and that a ban would infringe on the free speech rights of American users, the judges said that the law was "carefully crafted to deal with only control by a foreign adversary," and that it did not run afoul of the First Amendment. The ruling acknowledged that Americans would "lose access to an outlet for expression, a source of community and even a means of income," but that Congress weighed those risks against national security concerns.