Linked List: May 7, 2024

Tuesday, 7 May 2024

TikTok Sues US Government Over Forced Divestiture and Potential Ban ★

Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe, reporting for The New York Times:

TikTok sued the federal government on Tuesday over a new law that would force its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the United States, stoking a battle over national security and free speech that is likely to end up in the Supreme Court.

TikTok said the law violated the First Amendment by effectively removing an app that millions of Americans use to share their views and communicate freely. It also argued that a divestiture was “simply not possible,” especially within the law’s 270-day timeline, pointing to difficulties such as Beijing’s refusal to sell a key feature that powers TikTok in the United States.

Must be nice for a Chinese company to be able to sue the government and make arguments on freedom of speech grounds.

Nintendo Pre-Announces Switch Successor’s Announcement ★

Nintendo, on Twitter/X:

This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.

Must be Big News for Beloved Tablets Day.

Techmeme’s Roundup of Commentary on Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ iPad Event ★

Gurman’s last-minute “Maybe they’ll have the M4” might be the greatest rumor scoop in recent memory. A fella could lose his shirt betting against him lately.