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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 25, 2025 

# TikTok: Free Speech or Security Threat? 

Cato’s Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry examine the 2024 TikTok divest-or-ban law and what it means for Americans. They explain how the law could reshape the app market, restrict free speech, and expand government power far beyond TikTok itself.

#### Show Notes 

[![TikTok logo crossed out superimposed over a backdrop of the US Capitol.](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-03/tiktok-banned-02.jpg?itok=7XjfcXUr)](https://www.cato.org/blog/could-latest-tiktok-ban-pass-constitutional-muster) 

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### [Could the Latest TikTok “Ban” Pass Constitutional Muster?](/blog/could-latest-tiktok-ban-pass-constitutional-muster) 

By [Jennifer Huddleston](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-huddleston) 

Individuals may come to different conclusions about their personal data security and TikTok, but government intervention must meet a high bar of proof before engaging in such a significant regulation of speech.

[![Marbles with social media icons on them](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1162295677.jpg?itok=Zcv5H_bO)](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/competition-content-moderation) 

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### [Competition and Content Moderation](/policy-analysis/competition-content-moderation) 

By [Jennifer Huddleston](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-huddleston) 

Politicians, pundits, and academics concerned with the overall impact of technology and technology companies on American life have mistakenly targeted their ire at Section 230.

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### [Tiktok Users Await Looming US Ban; SCOTUS May Intervene](/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/tiktok-users-await-looming-us-ban-scotus-may-intervene) 

Featuring [Jennifer Huddleston](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-huddleston), [Thomas A. Berry](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), and [Caleb O. Brown](https://www.cato.org/people/caleb-o-brown) 

The divest-or-ban order deadline for the social media app, TikTok, is just days away. SCOTUS may weigh in at any time. Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry evaluate the oral argument.

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##### [Jennifer Huddleston](/people/jennifer-huddleston)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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##### [Thomas A. Berry](/people/thomas-berry)

Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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