A Skeptical Supreme Court Weighs TikTok’s Future in the U.S.

Bluesky get a shout-out

Prelogar argued that the law targets national security threats, specifically the risk of “covert content manipulation by a foreign adversary nation.”

“The covert nature comes from the fact that it’s not apparent that the PRC is behind the scenes, pulling the strings and deciding what content appears,” Prelogar explained.

Justice Kagan questioned, “Because we don’t know that China’s behind it, that’s what covert means?” She pointed out that the identity of China’s involvement is widely known, adding, “That’s true of every search engine, whether it’s X or Bluesky—none of these are apparent. They’re all black boxes.”