The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a deadline to sell or be shut down.

It’s easier for governments to restrict freedom of expression than it is to fix material conditions.

The First Amendment should not be used to cut Americans’ access to TikTok, and the Supreme Court should step in.

The law will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.

Last year, the Shanghai government said Halloween celebrations were a sign of “cultural tolerance.” This year, the police rounded up people in costume.