Newswise — WASHINGTON (January 13, 2025)-- Last Friday the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on the sale of ByteDance’s app, TikTok. Congress is concerned about what China’s ownership of the app does for America's national security, while users and content creators say that the ban violates their free speech rights.
If the law is passed, the sale of ByteDance in the United States is due on January 19, reported Project Liberty made an offer to purchase the app today.
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Law
Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at the George Washington University Law School. Franks is an international expert on the intersection of civil rights, free speech, and technology. Dr. Franks is the President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating online abuse and discrimination. In 2013, she drafted the first model criminal statute on nonconsensual pornography (“revenge porn”), and is an author of the “”.
is the Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School. Dean Morrison is a constitutional law expert and has argued in front of the Supreme Court 20 times in his career.
Cybersecurity
, Associate Professor and Director of the Cybersecurity Program and Cyber Academy at the College of Professional Studies at the George Washington University. Dr. White is an expert in cybersecurity, cybercrime, counter-terrorism and infrastructure protection. He has worked for a variety of law enforcement agencies in the US, the UK and Canada; as well as holds a Queen’s Commission and was an Officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Data Governance
, a research professor of international affairs, is also the director of the and co-PI at the NSF Trustworthy AI Institute, TRAILS. Her research focuses on AI governance, data governance, competitiveness in data-driven services such as XR, and AI and digital trade. Aaronson currently directs projects on governing data for generative AI, ensuring that data is globally accurate, complete, and representative and on AI protectionism.
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